Monday's a dog. [via]

US Senators Don't Want Us To Get Cheaper Imported Medicine

WASHINGTON - The Senate effectively killed a bid to allow consumers to buy their prescription medicines abroad Monday, requiring U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of such drugs. Yahoo News Link

Thank you Oregon Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden for voting nay to this bill which was worded so its intent would be to protect the safety of the American public.

Pharmaceuticals can be safe from other countries if they come from reputable companies and are quality control tested. Here's the roll call: Link

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Not Voting Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Not Voting Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea

Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Ensign (R-NV), Not Voting Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting Inouye (D-HI), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Yea Obama (D-IL), Not Voting Pryor (D-AR), Nay Reed (D-RI), Not Voting Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-OR), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea Tester (D-MT), Not Voting Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay

John McCain and Barak Obama were absent from the vote.