Senate Votes in Favor of Their Handlers: Big PhARMA
December 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM Leave a comment
Senate Rejects Low-Cost Drug Imports:
The Senate has narrowly rejected a plan to allow Americans to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
The amendment by North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan failed on a 51-48 vote. Sixty votes were needed to prevail.
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget office has estimated that Dorgan’s plan would save the federal government $19 billion over the coming decade. Dorgan has estimated it would save American consumers four times that amount.
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