SENATE 41115th CongressSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S604; text as passed Senate: CR S603-604)
A resolution raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2017 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".
- Last Action
- 2/1/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-05Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2017-01-05Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-05 (00)
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits CMS from doing so.
Cosponsors (13)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Subjects
- Health care costs and insurance
- Inflation and prices
- Medicare
- Prescription drugs
- Public contracts and procurement
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