Barely days after the CARES Act passing massive coronavirus related legislation was signed into law, Senate Republicans through Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican out of Louisiana is trying to blame Nancy Pelosi through Fox News for Republican sponsored amendments.
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According to the Congressional Record;Many Republican lawmakers criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., saying she used the crisis as leverage to try jamming through a political "wish list" of unrelated items. Kennedy said they included a provision to speed up the FDA review process of sunscreen products, funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and additional cash for the post office.
SA 1578. Mr. MCCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 748, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage; as follows:
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3841. Prevention of duplicate appropriations for fiscal year 2020. Subtitle F—Over-the-Counter Drugs PART I—OTC DRUG REVIEW
Sec. 3851. Regulation of certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved drug application.
Sec. 3852. Misbranding.
Sec. 3853. Drugs excluded from the over-the- counter drug review.
Sec. 3854. Treatment of Sunscreen Innovation Act.
Sec. 3855. Annual update to Congress on appropriate pediatric indication for certain OTC cough and cold drugs. Sec. 3856. Technical corrections. PART II—USER FEES Sec. 3861. Finding.
Sec. 3862. Fees relating to over-the-counter drugs.