Senate Rejects Spending Bill Amendment That Had 340B User Fee

by Admin | March 15, 2013 6:27 am

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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