Drug Topics February 2, 2023
Experts say Democrats and Republicans could work together on a variety of policy issues over the course of the year.
In late November 2022, the Senate passed HR 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act,1 to codify marriage equality. The New York Times hailed the vote—62 in favor, 36 opposed—as a bipartisan breakthrough: 12 Republican senators joined Democrats to vote yes, sending the bill back to the House of Representatives for final approval.2 That came in early December, with a 258-169-1 vote; 39 Republicans supported the measure alongside Democrats.3
Does the passage of this measure suggest that there might be more bipartisan cooperation in the future, particularly on contentious health policy issues? For now, the answer to that question is a qualified maybe,...
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