S1082 UPDATE - SENATE STABS AMERICANS IN THE BACK

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S1082 UPDATE - SENATE STABS AMERICANS IN THE BACK

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By Byron J. Richards, CCN

May 8, 2007

NewsWithViews.com

 

For approximately four days Americans lived in a delusional state that they

may soon pay drug prices the same as every other country in the civilized

world. Euphoria over breaking the Big Pharma monopoly turned to disgust as the

chameleon, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), changed sides and lead a contingency

of

Democrats against fellow Democrats lead by Byron Dorgan (D-ND). By passing the

Cochran amendment the Dorgan amendment is poisoned and will no longer be

effective. Maybe Democrats are now learning what Republicans have known for some

time – you can’t trust Kennedy.

 

Last Thursday, on a cloture vote of 63-28 (all 28 votes were Republicans),

Senators voted to limit debate on the Dorgan amendment and thus prevent a

filibuster. Many took this to mean that Dorgan had the strength, based on strong

support in the Democratic Party and enough Republicans who wanted lower drug

prices for Americans, to actually allow reimportation of drugs from other

countries. This makes complete sense to all Americans, unless they work for Big

Pharma. It now appears Kennedy’s pretended support for the cloture vote was

simply

to limit debate time spent on his entire bill – since the longer it is debated

the greater the number of Big Pharma loopholes come to light.

 

Jumping ship with Kennedy were 14 other Democrats, 4 Republicans, and 1

Independent: Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Cantwell (D-WA), Carper (D-DE), Kerry

(D-MA), Landrieu (D-LA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Lincoln (D-AR), Menendez (D-NJ),

Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-NE), Rockefeller (D-WV), Salazar

(D-CO),

Coleman (R-MN), Coburn (R-OK), Corker (R-TN), Martinez (R-FL), Specter (R-PA),

and Lieberman (ID-CT).

 

Pressures applied by Kennedy, along with Big Pharma’s wallet, was all it took

to cause Americans to be raped of 50 billion dollars over the next ten years.

 

 

Noteworthy in this group of Senator’s failing the American public is Norm

Coleman (R-MN). He could be seen grinning from ear to ear following his vote,

while getting patted on the back by fellow Republicans. Coleman has been in

favor

of drug reimportation for some time, helping Minnesota set up one of the most

progressive programs in the country to import drugs from Canada. Who bought

his vote? He certainly wasn’t representing the citizens of his state.

 

The battle on S1082 rages on. Kennedy is doing everything he can to force a

final vote on S1082 before too many Big Pharma loopholes are closed. Big Pharma

obviously owns the Senate. And the Senate is hammering the citizens of this

country in the pocketbook. Demand your senators vote no on S1082 – it is a

fake

safety bill that will lock in the Big Pharma monopoly on health care for the

next 50 years.

 

 

Related articles:

 

1, S1082 - The Voice of the People is Being Heard

2, Senators Bribed by Big Pharma vs. Senators not Bought Off 5-2-07

3, Dietary Supplements Threatened, Freedom in Danger 4-30-07

4, U.S. Health Freedom on Verge of Collapse 4-25-07

 

 

© 2007 Truth in Wellness, LLC -

 

Byron J. Richards, Founder/Director of Wellness Resources, is a

Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist and nationally-renowned health expert,

radio

personality, and educator. He is the author of Mastering Leptin, The Leptin

Diet, and

Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America.

 

Richards encourages individuals to take charge of their health, stand up for

their health rights, and not blindly succumb to propaganda from the

vested-interests who profit from keeping Americans sick. As founder of Wellness

Resources, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, an independently-owned fine-quality dietary

supplement company since 1985, he has personally developed 75 unique

nutraceutical-grade nutritional formulas. www.wellnessresources.com

 

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