Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to vote against Pelosi drug pricing bill without changes
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D. N.Y., said Tuesday she plans to vote against a bill put forward by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would allow the government to negotiate lower prices on prescription drugs.
Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal lawmakers have been urging Pelosi for months to make the bill more progressive and have threatened to delay the bill without the changes, including making negotiated drug prices available to those without insurance, Politico reported.
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“As the bill stands, she plans on voting no,” an Ocasio-Cortez spokesperson said, according to CNBC.
The House is expected to vote on the bill this week.
“Make my day,” moderate Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., said over the potential delay, according to Politico. “I think the speaker understands the politics better than some of our progressive colleagues.”
House leaders have resisted the changes over fears of losing moderates, especially in vulnerable districts critical to keeping a Democratic majority, Politico reported.
Mitch McConnell likely won’t take up the bill in the Senate and President Trump has planned to veto it if it passes through Congress.
In a statement, Trump said the bill would “likely undermine access to lifesaving medicines.”
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The Congressional Budget Office said the bill likely would save Medicare $345 billion over a decade, CNBC reported.
