LOADING ERROR LOADING As Republicans prepare to take over the House with a narrow majority, House Democrats’ largest moderate faction, the New Democrat Coalition, is poised to play a potentially critical role in bipartisan legislation. Kuster’s allies and advocates for affordable prescription drugs are shining a light on Peters’ role as a prominent obstacle to legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate …
Democratic Reps. Scott Peters, left, and Ron Kind, sit on committees that regulate the pharmaceutical industry and are among the biggest recipients of industry cash. Getty Images Two House Democrats are soliciting support for a letter calling on President Joe Biden to continue denying developing countries’ request for a temporary waiver from intellectual property rules that severely limit their ability …
LOADING ERROR LOADING RICHMOND, Va. — One man died a decade ago after a police officer in New York state told him to move his illegally parked car. His last words echoed the ones used by Black men in similar circumstances and the chants at civil rights protests: “I can’t breathe.” The officers involved in the deaths of Danroy “DJ” …