The House will not vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE’s (D-Calif.) signature plan to lower drug prices until December as the timeline for taking up the bill slips again.

A senior Democratic aide said Wednesday that the Congressional Budget Office needs another two weeks to complete its analysis of the legislation, meaning there will not be time for the House to vote on the bill before lawmakers leave for the Thanksgiving recess.

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Pelosi unveiled the plan in September and had initially hoped to vote on it by late October or early November.

But the CBO analysis is taking longer than expected.

Politico first reported the delay in the bill’s timeline on Wednesday.

A preliminary analysis found that the main section of the bill would save $345 billion over seven years.

The measure would allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prices on up to 250 drugs per year, with savings applied to people on private insurance in addition to those on Medicare.

The measure is expected to pass the House on a largely party line vote and will likely die in the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' House to vote on resolution affirming peaceful transition of power Republican lawyers brush off Trump's election comments MORE (R-Ky.) has called it “socialist.”

It is possible some smaller drug pricing measures could be included in a government funding deal at the end of the year, but that remains uncertain.

Pelosi’s office has been in talks with the White House for months on the legislation, given President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE’s sharp rhetoric on drug prices, but the White House has recently been backing away from the bill in favor of a more modest bipartisan measure in the Senate.

There are also some bumps to be overcome in the House. Progressives are still pushing for changes to make the bill stronger, despite the fears of some moderate Democrats about pushing the measure farther to the left.