Nancy Pelosi is running into resistance on the left over drug pricing plan
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making a hard sell to her caucus this week on a signature drug pricing bill. But it’s not yet clear whether she can win over skeptical progressives.
The frustration on the left has been building for months, in part aimed at one of Pelosi’s longtime health advisers Wendell Primus, whom one progressive leader derided as “Representative Wendell” for his dominant role in drafting the plan. Afterward, some other liberal Democrats in the room spoke up in favor of the bill, though several people familiar with the briefing also questioned how invested Pallone was in pushing it.
“She knows where it is in the polls,” said Rep. John Larson , who has served with Pelosi for 20 years in the House. “I think anytime she sets her mind to do something — she knows how to work the caucus as well as everyone.” “There’s a lot of momentum behind this,” Rep. Dan Kildee said. “It’s big. When you get into the details, obviously it can be difficult.”
That provision has been one of the biggest concerns for progressives, multiple lawmakers said, and was one of the focal points in the Energy and Commerce Committee's briefing on Wednesday. Pelosi and her staff have said in response that requiring negotiations for 250 drugs would have been nearly impossible to achieve.
The CPC has blasted leadership for writing the bill in secret and pulling back its ambitions — contending that Democrats shouldn't "negotiate against themselves" and water down the bill in hopes of attracting support from Senate Republicans or President Donald Trump. Moderates, however, have said that any drug pricing bill should be more than a statement of Democratic values. It should be something that can be signed into law.
“I don’t know how anyone can go home and say, ‘You know what, it was so hard to do that. I can’t lower the price of prescription drugs for you,’” Eshoo said. “I just don’t think that that’s a take-home item.”
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