The US Senate narrowly voted against an amendment bought by Bernie Sanders and backed by Donald Trump that would have reduced prescription drug prices for all Americans by opening up imports from Canada. Why did such a no-brainer of an amendment fail to pass? Because of the corrupt actions of 13 treasonous Democrats. The Democrats could have passed Bernie Sanders’ amendment but chose against it. 12 Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Rand Paul voted with Bernie. The Democrats had the numbers. But these Democratic Senators, traitors to the 99%, voted against the amendment. Here is the list of Democrats who voted “Nay”: Michael Bennet (D-CO) Cory Booker (D-NJ) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) Bob Casey, Jr (D-PA) Chris Coons (D-DE) Joe Donnelly (D-IN) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Hedi Heitkamp (D-ND) Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Patty Murray (D-WA) Jon Tester (D-MT) Mark Warner (D-VA) If you are scratching your head and wondering why these 13 Democrats voted against such a no-brainer of an amendment, I have some advice for you: follow the money. A search of Opensecrets.com reveals that Thomas Carper and Chris Coons have “Pharma” and just “lobbyists” in their top 5 campaign contributors. Carper even has Astrazeneca as one of his top contributors. Follow the money and [...]
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