March 15, 2013—The Senate yesterday defeated an amendment to a government-wide fiscal 2013 spending bill that included language to establish a 340B drug discount program user fee.
Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) amendment to the Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 933), which needed 60 votes to pass, failed by a vote 54 to 45.
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