Bernie's trying to get prescription drug pricing into social safety net bill before House vote

[Donkees]

Bernie Sanders tells @DanaBashCNN on @CNNSotu that he’s trying to get prescription drug pricing provisions into the social safety net bill before the House vote. Says he’s been on the phone all weekend.

Link to tweet

Bernie Sanders says he believes all 50 Dems (ie Manchin and Sinema) should say they support the larger plan before the House votes, he tells @DanaBash on @CNNSotu

[PoliticAverse]

1. That would pretty much be a guaranteed Sinema NO on the bill....

Perhaps Menendez would join her.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. "Bernie Sanders says he believes all 50 Dems (ie Manchin and Sinema) should say they support

...the larger plan before the House votes."

I have no problem with Bernie attempting to somehow get their support for this during the final hours of horse trading etc. Bernie is not going to include any poison pill provision in the House that would kill the bill in the Senate, but he is working the issue until the last possible minute on behalf of the American people who strongly support this provision. I am more than fine with that.

[Demsrule86]

3. We would get nothing if that happens.

Bernie...let's get something and live to fight another day.

[Arazi]

4. You really believe Bernie would kill this deal at the last minute?

Other than standard Bernie hatred what leads you to believe he's working to "get nothing" by taking this shot at getting negotiated drug pricing?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. ☝️THIS☝️

[Demsrule86]

7. No, I don't think he would...this is ground breaking legislation not far removed from the Great

Society legislation. I never thought I would see such a thing in my lifetime-really excited. I am pissed about the infrastructure bill as it would have helped us with Virginia if it passed before the election. It should have been voted on Thursday. Hopefully, McCauliffe still wins. I believe he will.

[Demsrule86]

8. No I don't...see my reply below...responded to wrong poster...I was considering what would happen

if this bill makes it over to the Senate with this provision...it is DOA. I don't think Sen. Sanders would do this. And just to be clear, there have been times when Sen. Sanders made me so mad I wanted to spit, but I don't hate him. He is an important member of the Democratic caucus.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I liked

Dana's smile just at the instant that Bernie said we're still working on drug prices.


Thanks for the thread Donkees.

[Hortensis]

9. Sinema's not the only Democratic senator who's leaning right on

business issues and also taking significant drug industry contributions. Pelosi won't stop trying to the bitter end, and I'd be thrilled if Sanders and those he's working with in the sentate got anything back in the bill. But if this is just a little weekend grandstanding, at least it puts the issue up front a bit and presumably costs us nothing. So, go, Senator Sanders.

For over 30 years the Democratic Party has tried -- especially during every administration with a Democratic president to sign it -- to pass various forms of drug price controls.

We need more liberal Democrats in congress. Bottom line. And we all know when our next chance to make that happen is.