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Three Democrats erect speed bump for Medicare drug price control

If Peters, Rice and Schrader are joined by a fourth Democrat, the party could be forced to abandon H.R. 3

September 16, 2021 1:05 AM UTC

Three House Democrats Wednesday made good on vows to vote against Medicare drug price control legislation, erecting a procedural speed bump that they hope to turn into a stop sign.

Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) voted in the Energy & Commerce Committee against including the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) in a $3.5 trillion budget bill. Their opposition prevented the committee from inserting the legislation in the bill. ...