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Bipartisan scream
Why House Republicans voted for a resolution to lower drug prices
June 9, 2017 9:44 PM UTC
When Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) proposed a drug pricing amendment to user fee legislation, she and other Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee expected the Republican majority to block its enactment. They were prepared to indignantly protest the GOP’s support for the pharmaceutical industry.
To Schakowsky’s surprise, committee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.) embraced it...