[blind-democracy] FW: Huge pharma fight in the House coming up

  • From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 20:59:57 -0500

 

 

From: Ryan Grim 
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2019 7:05 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Huge pharma fight in the House coming up

 

Impeachment has competition in the House of Representatives. As Democrats
move closer to an impeachment vote, they're also moving toward votes on a
drug-price bill that won't do anything about drug prices; a newly negotiated
NAFTA that is barely an improvement on the old one and would be a huge win
for President Trump; and a bill to reauthorize Pentagon spending without
doing anything to restrict our participation in the slaughter in Yemen.

                        
        

Huge pharma fight in the House coming up


Dec 10







Impeachment has competition in the House of Representatives. As Democrats
move closer to an impeachment vote, they're also
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votes on a drug-price bill that won't do anything about drug prices; a newly
negotiated NAFTA that is barely an improvement on the old one and would be a
huge win for President Trump; and a bill to reauthorize Pentagon spending
without doing anything to restrict our participation in the slaughter in
Yemen. 

I have a story up with Dave Dayen on the drug-price fight, which is far more
important than it sounds. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has decided
to make it a test of its strength in the House, and if Nancy Pelosi manages
to barrel them over, it'll be a humiliating setback. But if they hold
strong, it could open a new era in House legislating, where the demands of
progressives are taken seriously.
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QjgmCNh7chxl9GP8zoGMDFeCdPVBZ9COeIMem6wQrDV0stIMy2p22PyFaj28> That story is
here. 

There are also reports that Pelosi is close to a deal with Trump on a new
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, basically NAFTA 2.0, a huge priority of
Trump's. Pelosi believes it's important for her moderate members to be able
to say back home that they're still working with Trump even as they're
impeaching him. Whatever you think of that analysis, it's also a huge boon
for Trump if it happens, and improves his chances considerably in
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, key states he needs for reelection.
Pelosi's institutional priority is holding on to the House, though, not
defeating Trump (or holding out for a new president and getting a better
trade deal). Bear in mind that we don't know what's in the deal yet. Pelosi
spent the weekend negotiating, and there is no paper yet circulating, merely
reports of some form of agreement. 

It does appear that if Trump gets a win on this new NAFTA, his chances of
reelection go up considerable. He can say he  delivered on his promises, and
that Democrats don't really think he's that corrupt after all, or they
wouldn't have delivered him such a major victory. 

I did a video essay that ran this weekend, where I argue that the media
largely ignoring Sanders could actually end up helping him.
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DV9qBvZjRxfifAR07SA-f5IDKoZd4gpzavhesBNpQaHuplT1tf91Hj5E> I filmed it in my
holiday flannel.

And we also have a short video interview with Devin Nunes, after which he
accused our reporter Lee Fang of "stalking" him. Delusional.
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And if you're still doing holiday shopping,
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