Some progressive lawmakers are considering blocking Pelosi's drug pricing bill. 'Bad idea,' she warns.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday issued a warning shot to progressives in a bid to tamp down any rebellion against her marquee drug pricing proposal this week.
Those tactics have irritated some others in the caucus, however, with Democrats eager for a legislative win on health care. Pelosi and her allies, meanwhile, are projecting confidence, moving ahead with plans for a markup in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday and a floor vote soon after. But Jayapal and Pocan represent a group of restive progressives itching to go further. Several members believe that threatening to vote against the rule may be the only way their complaints can be taken seriously, even as the tactic irks some others in the caucus.
Jayapal has personally fought for an amendment that would require new government regulations cracking down on pharmaceutical companies that raise drug prices above the cost of inflation. That language was initially adopted in a markup of the Education and Labor committee, though the final version of the bill stripped it out and included only a requirement to study the issue.
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