Dorgan and Lautenberg just in heated exchange on Dorgan's bill to reimport drugs and AARP supports.

[flpoljunkie]

Lautenberg's protecting PhRMA profits and the deal Obama made with PhRMA.

Dorgan's bill and co=sponsors below.

S.AMDT.2793

Amends: H.R.3590 , S.AMDT.2786

Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. (submitted 12/1/2009) (proposed 12/8/2009)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.

Amends: H.R.3590 , S.AMDT.2786

Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. (submitted 12/1/2009) (proposed 12/8/2009)
COSPONSORS(20), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)

Sen Begich, Mark - 12/10/2009
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 12/7/2009
Sen Brown, Sherrod - 12/1/2009
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 12/1/2009
Sen Franken, Al - 12/2/2009
Sen Grassley, Chuck - 12/1/2009
Sen Johnson, Tim - 12/4/2009
Sen Klobuchar, Amy - 12/1/2009
Sen Kohl, Herb - 12/1/2009
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 12/1/2009
Sen McCain, John - 12/1/2009
Sen Nelson, Bill - 12/1/2009
Sen Sanders, Bernard - 12/2/2009
Sen Shaheen, Jeanne - 12/1/2009
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 12/1/2009
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 12/1/2009
Sen Tester, Jon - 12/7/2009
Sen Vitter, David - 12/1/2009
Sen Webb, Jim - 12/7/2009
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon - 12/4/20

[Inuca]

1. Sorry to see Lautenberg in this position

He is OK in general I think, but Pharma is huge in new Jersey. I feel bad for the old guy :-(.

[flpoljunkie]

2. I don't.

[Jersey Devil]

3. Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer, Becton, Novardis

and many others are headquartered in central New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson national hdq is right across the street from Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Yes, but how many Dems will vote for Lautenberg's amendment and against Dorgan's.

That's the question, and I think we know the answer. As Molly Ivins might say, the Dems too often 'dance with the ones that brung 'em' and that's the lobbyists who fill their campaign coffers in our rotten campaign finance system--made possible by our refusal to actively participate in the political process.

[flpoljunkie]

5. I see my Dem senator Bill Nelson supports the Dorgan amendment. Good for him!

[flpoljunkie]

6. Surprise, surprise! Brownback supports the Lautenberg amendment. I'm with McCain's position on this

McCain's a co-sponsor of the Dorgan bill.

[kirby]

7. psst..

Just for the record, Senator Obama was a cosponser of the very bill he now opposes to now that he cut a deal with PhRMA.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Yes, I know. Dorgan himself pointed it out this morning on C-Span, as well.

[flpoljunkie]

9. Senate now voting on Dorgan amendment.

John Kerry just voted no. Does anyone have the vote count.