The Floor · U.S. Senate · April 23, 2026
Cheaper Drugs, Blocked
49 senators voted to stop a cap that would have cut U.S. drug prices by more than half.
The vote
Sanders Amendment 5159 · Most-Favored-Nation drug pricing
Tally
49–49 · Rejected — fell 11 short of the 60 needed
What it would have done
Capped U.S. prescription-drug prices so Americans pay no more than people in Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, or Japan. On many drugs that is a cut of more than 50%.
Roll call
Roll Call 101
Who blocked it, and who paid them
The 49 senators who blocked it, ranked by career money from the drug industry. Together they took $2,646,535.
- 1Mitch McConnellR-KY$362,233
- 2Todd YoungR-IN$193,145
- 3Tim ScottR-SC$168,898
- 4Lindsey GrahamR-SC$158,361
- 5John CornynR-TX$140,871
- 6Bill CassidyR-LA$138,262
- 7Ron JohnsonR-WI$127,828
- 8Thomas TillisR-NC$102,643
- 9Shelley CapitoR-WV$97,825
- 10Mike CrapoR-ID$86,400
Broke ranks
3 crossed over to vote for it: Collins, Hawley, Sullivan.
Money is career receipts from the drug industry (FEC), not a payment for this vote. The vote is the official record: U.S. Senate Roll Call 101, 119th Congress (Apr 23, 2026); FEC. Documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.