.SenBillCassidy caused waves when he called out Sen BernieSanders over his alleged reneging on a bipartisan bill. Cassidy said Sanders 'seems to be too inclined to abandon a carefully balanced bipartisan piece of legislation we negotiated.'
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, of which Sanders is the chairman, was scheduled to vote on four bipartisan bills that sought to increase access to and lower the cost of generic pharmaceutical drugs on Tuesday. However, after Sanders delivered his opening remarks, Cassidy openly accused the Vermont senator of adding several amendments that were not agreed upon by both parties, thereby"abandoning" the bipartisan legislation.
"As leaders crafting and announcing this deal, there is an expectation that the chair and I will uphold the commitments we made in the negotiation room," Cassidy said."That does not mean taking things off the table, and we can't reach agreement only to put them back on the table when we're here in the committee area."
"That's not the way to run the committee," Cassidy continued."I'm just saying that it's not the way that I build trust with my down dais
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