Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2020
GOP Sen. Grassley turns to House Speaker Pelosi for help selling his bipartisan drug pricing bill
7 January 2020 - Grassley said Tuesday he wants to persuade Pelosi to support his bill, which he argues is the only one that can pass the GOP-controlled Senate.
Grassley told CNBC on Tuesday that he wants to persuade Pelosi to abandon her drug pricing bill, passed by the House in December, and support his legislation. He argued that there’s “no other bill that can get the 60 votes required” to pass the Senate. The Iowa senator said Pelosi’s bill, which would allow the government to negotiate lower prices for certain drugs, does not stand a chance in the GOP-controlled upper chamber.
Pelosi’s support would put “pressure on the leadership of the United States Senate to get our bill up,” Grassley said on “Squawk Box.” “The president supports it. We have bipartisan support in the Senate.”
