Nelson amendment to negotiate drug prices fails

[Bill219]

Vote 10-13

All Republicans and Conservadems Baucus, Carper & Menendez voted no.

[bluestateguy]

1. We've been trying to do this for 3 years now

Menendez represents a Pharma state. No surprise.

[rurallib]

2. incredible.

[jsamuel]

3. reduce the budget deficit and cover the doughnut hole = fail

for the conservative Dems and Repubs

[KansDem]

4. Wow! Isn't this like legalized price-fixing?

Whatever happened to "competition keeps prices low and quality high?"

Man, I used to believe that horseshit! Growing up, I used to believe in whatever the "pillars of capitalism" said...

No more...

On edit: How do they justify this?

[MidwestTransplant]

6. Competition is the new Socialism.

[TheCoxwain]

5. Menendez??? oh yeah ... he is from my state (NJ) .. the Pharma capital of the world

More proof that All senators are corporate whores

[Greyhound]

7. More evidence; the Biden Credit Card Welfare Act. n/t

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

8. There is simply no rational or reasonable explanation that any one of the Senators voting no

can give for voting against the fiscally responsible thing to do, the right thing to do, and the thing that every other country does -negotiate drug prices.

Everyone who voted against this is just a complete !@#$$.

The ONLY one I could understand(not excuse) is Baucus since he would not want to renege on the deal with Pharma that he himself negotiated with Pharma.

I comfort myself with the fact that it can still be added back in a later date.

[Rosco T.]

9. And someone will repropose it on the floor. n/m