No cure for the summertime blues: The Tipline for 20 September 2019

Monday marks the official end of summer in the northern hemisphere, but Washington, DC, already feels autumnal. Beyond the cooling temperatures, the city seems ready to get down to serious business, with members of Congress holding hearings and proposing legislation on pocketbook issues including prescription drugs. House of Representatives antitrust subcommittee chair David Cicilline has put forward an anti-product-hopping bill to match one already in the Senate – sponsored by Republican John Cornyn. Hopefully bipartisanship will last long enough for some legislative accomplishments to occur.