Opioid bills stalled after GOP clears them in Senate

Neither S. 2680 nor H.R. 6, the two big opioid bills that are being crafted into one package under the leadership of Sen. Lamar Alexander (R‐Tennessee), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, have come before the full Senate yet. Despite the fact that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R‐Kentucky) called them a “priority” last month (see ADAW, Aug. 27), and got his party to clear Senator Alexander's package on Aug. 28, he has not yet scheduled a vote.