Democrats Push a Prescription Drug Pricing Negotiation
Democrats are furiously negotiating a plan to lower prescription drug prices, making significant progress over the weekend but racing to finalize a deal before a House vote on President Biden‘s mammoth social spending package as soon as this week.
The fate of one of the party’s signature issues hangs in the balance after the White House last week left drug pricing out of the framework of Biden’s reconciliation package. Since then, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and key progressives have been working around the clock to win over a handful of moderates — including Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) — on a scaled-back compromise measure to revive the issue.