Canadian Drugs

[kalm]

Yeah...Canadians are dropping like flies due to unsafe pharmaceuticals...the ones that are manufactured in some of the same facilities that US drugs come from. And it's not as if we send USDA inspectors all over the world to insure imported food safety.

JFC the Democrats are bad. I wonder if any of these 13 senators received campaign contributions from Big Pharma?

WAFJ.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday blasted 13 Senate Democrats for lacking the “guts” to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry after they voted against a measure he pushed to help drive down drug costs by importing them from Canada.

The Vermont Independent and former Democratic presidential candidate said during a Thursday interview he plans to personally speak with the senators who opposed the measure — which failed 52-46 on Wednesday — and try to turn them around. A dozen Republicans voted in favor.

“The Democratic Party has got to make it very clear that they are prepared to stand up to powerful special interests like the pharmaceutical industry and like Wall Street, and they’re not going to win elections and they’re not going to be doing the right thing for the American people unless they have the guts to do that,” said Sanders, the leader of outreach efforts for Senate Democrats. “That 13 Democrats did not is disappointing. I absolutely hope that in the coming weeks and months you’re going to see many of them develop the courage to stand up to Pharma.”

The measure by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sanders would have allowed pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacists to import low-cost medicine from Canada and other countries. Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington, Tom Carper and Chris Coons of Delaware, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Jon Tester of Montana and Mark Warner of Virginia all voted against it.

Several senators said they voted for other measures to drive down drug costs and they cited safety concerns as the reason for their opposition to the Klobuchar-Sanders measure.

“The Food and Drug Administration has testified before the Senate that they are unable to certify that the mass, wholesale importation of medications from other countries, even Canada, would be safe, authentic or efficacious,” Menendez said. “Allowing unknown drugs to be imported by uncertified and unverifiedInternet pharmacies undermines that trust and puts the well-being of patients at serious risk.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /96506340/

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Democrats only stand up to people when the Democrats are wrong, they dont want to be associated with helping people or being right.

[CID1990]

Yeah...Canadians are dropping like flies due to unsafe pharmaceuticals...the ones that are manufactured in some of the same facilities that US drugs come from. And it's not as if we send USDA inspectors all over the world to insure imported food safety.

JFC the Democrats are bad. I wonder if any of these 13 senators received campaign contributions from Big Pharma?

WAFJ.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday blasted 13 Senate Democrats for lacking the “guts” to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry after they voted against a measure he pushed to help drive down drug costs by importing them from Canada.

The Vermont Independent and former Democratic presidential candidate said during a Thursday interview he plans to personally speak with the senators who opposed the measure — which failed 52-46 on Wednesday — and try to turn them around. A dozen Republicans voted in favor.

“The Democratic Party has got to make it very clear that they are prepared to stand up to powerful special interests like the pharmaceutical industry and like Wall Street, and they’re not going to win elections and they’re not going to be doing the right thing for the American people unless they have the guts to do that,” said Sanders, the leader of outreach efforts for Senate Democrats. “That 13 Democrats did not is disappointing. I absolutely hope that in the coming weeks and months you’re going to see many of them develop the courage to stand up to Pharma.”

The measure by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sanders would have allowed pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacists to import low-cost medicine from Canada and other countries. Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington, Tom Carper and Chris Coons of Delaware, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Jon Tester of Montana and Mark Warner of Virginia all voted against it.

Several senators said they voted for other measures to drive down drug costs and they cited safety concerns as the reason for their opposition to the Klobuchar-Sanders measure.

“The Food and Drug Administration has testified before the Senate that they are unable to certify that the mass, wholesale importation of medications from other countries, even Canada, would be safe, authentic or efficacious,” Menendez said. “Allowing unknown drugs to be imported by uncertified and unverifiedInternet pharmacies undermines that trust and puts the well-being of patients at serious risk.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /96506340/

So basically, Booker announced his candidacy for 2020 by grandstanding at Sessions' confirmation, and then immediately depth charged it with his pharma vote?

Nah


He could vote for anything short of reinstituting slavery and he'll still be a progressive darling in 2020. It could be called the Hillary effect.

(And Bernie will endorse him)

[kalm]

Yeah...Canadians are dropping like flies due to unsafe pharmaceuticals...the ones that are manufactured in some of the same facilities that US drugs come from. And it's not as if we send USDA inspectors all over the world to insure imported food safety.

JFC the Democrats are bad. I wonder if any of these 13 senators received campaign contributions from Big Pharma?

WAFJ.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli ... /96506340/

So basically, Booker announced his candidacy for 2020 by grandstanding at Sessions' confirmation, and then immediately depth charged it with his pharma vote?

Nah


He could vote for anything short of reinstituting slavery and he'll still be a progressive darling in 2020. It could be called the Hillary effect.

(And Bernie will endorse him)

This is all very true. I'd argue the Bernie part...before he rolled over for Hillary.

It was nice to see that a few Republicans supported it though.

[houndawg]

So basically, Booker announced his candidacy for 2020 by grandstanding at Sessions' confirmation, and then immediately depth charged it with his pharma vote?

Nah


He could vote for anything short of reinstituting slavery and he'll still be a progressive darling in 2020. It could be called the Hillary effect.

(And Bernie will endorse him)

This is all very true. I'd argue the Bernie part...before he rolled over for Hillary.

It was nice to see that a few Republicans supported it though.

Buck Fooker, seniors won't forget this vote and that prick better cough up and keep it coming if he wants to have a chance in 2020.

[houndawg]

So basically, Booker announced his candidacy for 2020 by grandstanding at Sessions' confirmation, and then immediately depth charged it with his pharma vote?

Nah


He could vote for anything short of reinstituting slavery and he'll still be a progressive darling in 2020. It could be called the Hillary effect.

(And Bernie will endorse him)

This is all very true. I'd argue the Bernie part...before he rolled over for Hillary.

It was nice to see that a few Republicans supported it though.

That gave me a wtf when I saw it. An identical number if I recall, + or - 1. I wonder if they were trading votes

[CID1990]

This is all very true. I'd argue the Bernie part...before he rolled over for Hillary.

It was nice to see that a few Republicans supported it though.

Buck Fooker, seniors won't forget this vote and that prick better cough up and keep it coming if he wants to have a chance in 2020.

All will be forgiven because he's clean, articulate.... you're gonna love this guy

Did I mention he's black?

[kalm]

Buck Fooker, seniors won't forget this vote and that prick better cough up and keep it coming if he wants to have a chance in 2020.

All will be forgiven because he's clean, articulate.... you're gonna love this guy

Did I mention he's black?

I remembered the snow shoveling and saving a woman from a burning building but did you know he also hosted Sandy victims, helped a young man to propose, and saved a dog or two?

Wiki:

Booker gained national attention when, on December 28, 2010, a constituent used Twitter to ask him to send someone to her father's house to shovel his driveway because her elderly father was going to attempt to do it himself. Booker responded by tweeting, "I will do it myself; where does he live?" Other people volunteered, including one person who offered his help on Twitter, and 20 minutes later Booker and some volunteers showed up and shoveled the man's driveway.[57][58] On April 12, 2012, Booker saved a woman from a house fire, suffering smoke inhalation and second-degree burns on his hands in the process. Newark Fire Chief John Centanni said that Booker's actions possibly saved the woman's life.[59] After Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the shoreline areas of New Jersey and New York in late October 2012, Booker invited Newarkers without power to eat and sleep in his home.[60] In February 2013, responding to a Twitter post, Booker helped a nervous constituent propose to his girlfriend.[61] Booker rescued a dog from freezing temperatures in January 2013 and another dog that had been abandoned in a cage in July 2013.[62][63]

(gawd..my cynicism level is approaching defcon 5.)

[houndawg]

All will be forgiven because he's clean, articulate.... you're gonna love this guy

Did I mention he's black?

I remembered the snow shoveling and saving a woman from a burning building but did you know he also hosted Sandy victims, helped a young man to propose, and saved a dog or two?

Wiki:

Booker gained national attention when, on December 28, 2010, a constituent used Twitter to ask him to send someone to her father's house to shovel his driveway because her elderly father was going to attempt to do it himself. Booker responded by tweeting, "I will do it myself; where does he live?" Other people volunteered, including one person who offered his help on Twitter, and 20 minutes later Booker and some volunteers showed up and shoveled the man's driveway.[57][58] On April 12, 2012, Booker saved a woman from a house fire, suffering smoke inhalation and second-degree burns on his hands in the process. Newark Fire Chief John Centanni said that Booker's actions possibly saved the woman's life.[59] After Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the shoreline areas of New Jersey and New York in late October 2012, Booker invited Newarkers without power to eat and sleep in his home.[60] In February 2013, responding to a Twitter post, Booker helped a nervous constituent propose to his girlfriend.[61] Booker rescued a dog from freezing temperatures in January 2013 and another dog that had been abandoned in a cage in July 2013.[62][63]

(gawd..my cynicism level is approaching defcon 5.)

He's also the third largest recipient of big pharma money. Fvck him he's DOA. (Bernie voters are going to be even harder to deal with in '20 now that calling their bluff backfired horribly for the DNC.)

[kalm]

I remembered the snow shoveling and saving a woman from a burning building but did you know he also hosted Sandy victims, helped a young man to propose, and saved a dog or two?

Wiki:



(gawd..my cynicism level is approaching defcon 5.)

He's also the third largest recipient of big pharma money. Fvck him he's DOA. (Bernie voters are going to be even harder to deal with in '20 now that calling their bluff backfired horribly for the DNC.)

I didn't see Booker in the top 20 on Open Secrets list for 2016 but 3 of the top 10 were Dems including Patty Murray and Bernie.

Of course the top recipient was Hillary at over $2 million. Everyone else was below 400K

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/ ... hp?ind=H04++

[SDHornet]

He's also the third largest recipient of big pharma money. Fvck him he's DOA. (Bernie voters are going to be even harder to deal with in '20 now that calling their bluff backfired horribly for the DNC.)

Doubt it. When Trumper makes America Great Again ( ok I couldn't resist), these know nothing millennials will have jobs that actually pay money. When they get their paychecks and see how badly they currently get taxed, they'll start second guessing this "give everyone free shit" thing they were totally on board with before.

Also Bernie will be dead by 2020 so there's that.

[houndawg]

He's also the third largest recipient of big pharma money. Fvck him he's DOA. (Bernie voters are going to be even harder to deal with in '20 now that calling their bluff backfired horribly for the DNC.)

Doubt it. When Trumper makes America Great Again ( ok I couldn't resist), these know nothing millennials will have jobs that actually pay money. When they get their paychecks and see how badly they currently get taxed, they'll start second guessing this "give everyone free ****" thing they were totally on board with before.

Also Bernie will be dead by 2020 so there's that.

Aren't you the one that was bloviating about all Bernie voters voting for Hillary? You missed that one too.

[SDHornet]

Doubt it. When Trumper makes America Great Again ( ok I couldn't resist), these know nothing millennials will have jobs that actually pay money. When they get their paychecks and see how badly they currently get taxed, they'll start second guessing this "give everyone free ****" thing they were totally on board with before.

Also Bernie will be dead by 2020 so there's that.

Aren't you the one that was bloviating about all Bernie voters voting for Hillary? You missed that one too.

Because the millennials didn't vote...just like they won't get off their lazy asses to vote in 2020...and 2024...you get the picture.

[houndawg]

Aren't you the one that was bloviating about all Bernie voters voting for Hillary? You missed that one too.

Because the millennials didn't vote...just like they won't get off their lazy asses to vote in 2020...and 2024...you get the picture.

Thank you.