S.1082 CURRENT status at 1.30pm EST Thursday
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 11:23 pm
Hi All,
Just received this update from IAHF who is watching the debate on C-Span....
Carol
From IAHF at 1.30pm:
Waiting for the Senate to vote either for or against the Cochran amendment which would be a "poison pill" that would kill the Dorgan Amendment that we WANTED to pass (which passed earlier today).
The Dorgan amendment allows Americans to import drugs from other countries. I just watched Senator Sanders give an impassioned speech on behalf of poor Americans in which he pleaded with the Senate to vote against the Cochran amendment. He talked about taking busloads of poor Vermonters over the border to Canada, and dramatically recounted observing women with breast cancer who were unable to afford the high price of Tamoxifen break into tears upon seeing that they could buy it for one tenth the cost in Canada.
Please call the Senate RIGHT NOW to say you SUPPORT the Dorgan Amendment, and OPPOSE the Cochran amendment.
(Bush will VETO S.1082 if the Cochran amendment fails which would veto the WHOLE BILL and so PROTECT the DSHEA. We were unable to find ANY Senator with the courage to stand up and introduce our desired amendment that would have removed the terms "FOODS" and "FOOD INGREDIENTS" from the bill. Senator Durbin did pass an amendment pertaining to food safety that could have language in it that hurts dietary supplements, but whatever they passed isn't available on the web to view....
Call the SENATE NOW via the Capital Switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to speak with your SENATORS! The LIFE you SAVE could be YOUR OWN! Tell your Senator to vote NO on the Cochran Amendment on S.1082!!
Majority Leader Reid says he wants to complete work on S.1082 This Week.
Just received this update from IAHF who is watching the debate on C-Span....
Carol
From IAHF at 1.30pm:
Waiting for the Senate to vote either for or against the Cochran amendment which would be a "poison pill" that would kill the Dorgan Amendment that we WANTED to pass (which passed earlier today).
The Dorgan amendment allows Americans to import drugs from other countries. I just watched Senator Sanders give an impassioned speech on behalf of poor Americans in which he pleaded with the Senate to vote against the Cochran amendment. He talked about taking busloads of poor Vermonters over the border to Canada, and dramatically recounted observing women with breast cancer who were unable to afford the high price of Tamoxifen break into tears upon seeing that they could buy it for one tenth the cost in Canada.
Please call the Senate RIGHT NOW to say you SUPPORT the Dorgan Amendment, and OPPOSE the Cochran amendment.
(Bush will VETO S.1082 if the Cochran amendment fails which would veto the WHOLE BILL and so PROTECT the DSHEA. We were unable to find ANY Senator with the courage to stand up and introduce our desired amendment that would have removed the terms "FOODS" and "FOOD INGREDIENTS" from the bill. Senator Durbin did pass an amendment pertaining to food safety that could have language in it that hurts dietary supplements, but whatever they passed isn't available on the web to view....
Call the SENATE NOW via the Capital Switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to speak with your SENATORS! The LIFE you SAVE could be YOUR OWN! Tell your Senator to vote NO on the Cochran Amendment on S.1082!!
Majority Leader Reid says he wants to complete work on S.1082 This Week.