A package of opioids bills will head to the House floor later this week, but without the new mandatory funding that Democrats have demanded.
The House Rules Committee cleared two bills late Tuesday that attempt to combat opioid and heroin addiction, which kill 72 Americans a day, according to federal figures. The bills, which help to expand access to an antidote called naloxone and improve treatment options, had bipartisan support, but some Democrats were upset that no new amendments adding mandatory funding were allowed.
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