The 51-48 roll call Tuesday by which the Senate rejected a plan that would allow Americans to import low-cost prescriptions from abroad. Sixty votes were needed to pass the measure.

A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the measure.

Voting yes were 27 Democrats, 23 Republicans and 1 independent.

Voting no were 30 Democrats, 17 Republicans and 1 independent.

ALABAMA

Sessions (R), Yes; Shelby (R), Yes.

ALASKA

Begich (D), Yes; Murkowski (R), Yes.

ARIZONA

Kyl (R), No; McCain (R), Yes.

ARKANSAS

Lincoln (D), Yes; Pryor (D), Yes.

CALIFORNIA

Boxer (D), Yes; Feinstein (D), Yes.

COLORADO

Bennet (D), Yes; Udall (D), No.

CONNECTICUT

Dodd (D), No; Lieberman (I), No.

DELAWARE

Carper (D), No; Kaufman (D), No.

FLORIDA

LeMieux (R), Yes; Nelson (D), Yes.

GEORGIA

Chambliss (R), No; Isakson (R), No.

HAWAII

Akaka (D), No; Inouye (D), No.

IDAHO

Crapo (R), Yes; Risch (R), Yes.

ILLINOIS

Burris (D), No; Durbin (D), No.

INDIANA

Bayh (D), No; Lugar (R), No.

IOWA

Grassley (R), Yes; Harkin (D), Yes.

KANSAS

Brownback (R), No; Roberts (R), No.

KENTUCKY

Bunning (R), No; McConnell (R), Yes.

LOUISIANA

Landrieu (D), No; Vitter (R), Yes.

MAINE

Collins (R), Yes; Snowe (R), Yes.

MARYLAND

Cardin (D), No; Mikulski (D), No.

MASSACHUSETTS

Kerry (D), No; Kirk (D), No.

MICHIGAN

Levin (D), No; Stabenow (D), Yes.

MINNESOTA

Franken (D), Yes; Klobuchar (D), Yes.

MISSISSIPPI

Cochran (R), No; Wicker (R), Yes.

MISSOURI

Bond (R), Yes; McCaskill (D), Yes.

MONTANA

Baucus (D), No; Tester (D), No.

NEBRASKA

Johanns (R), Yes; Nelson (D), Yes.

NEVADA

Ensign (R), No; Reid (D), No.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Gregg (R), No; Shaheen (D), Yes.

NEW JERSEY

Lautenberg (D), No; Menendez (D), No.

NEW MEXICO

Bingaman (D), Yes; Udall (D), Yes.

NEW YORK

Gillibrand (D), No; Schumer (D), No.

NORTH CAROLINA

Burr (R), No; Hagan (D), No.

NORTH DAKOTA

Conrad (D), Yes; Dorgan (D), Yes.

OHIO

Brown (D), Yes; Voinovich (R), No.

OKLAHOMA

Coburn (R), Yes; Inhofe (R), No.

OREGON

Merkley (D), Yes; Wyden (D), Yes.

PENNSYLVANIA

Casey (D), No; Specter (D), Yes.

RHODE ISLAND

Reed (D), No; Whitehouse (D), No.

SOUTH CAROLINA

DeMint (R), Yes; Graham (R), Yes.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Johnson (D), Yes; Thune (R), Yes.

TENNESSEE

Alexander (R), Yes; Corker (R), Yes.

TEXAS

Cornyn (R), Yes; Hutchison (R), Yes.

UTAH

Bennett (R), No; Hatch (R), No.

VERMONT

Leahy (D), Yes; Sanders (I), Yes.

VIRGINIA

Warner (D), No; Webb (D), Yes.

WASHINGTON

Cantwell (D), No; Murray (D), No.

WEST VIRGINIA

Byrd (D), Not Voting; Rockefeller (D), No.

WISCONSIN

Feingold (D), Yes; Kohl (D), Yes.

WYOMING

Barrasso (R), No; Enzi (R), No.

Source: Yahoo News

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The pharma-lobby is alive and well in the good ol' U S of A.

I wonder what the current rate is for enticing a politician to vote "no" on something like that?

Tylenol/Paracetamol/Panadol (over-the counter) prices in the UK.
By the way, I quote from a common high street pharmacy not a discount outlet.
I'd be interested to see US price comparisons.

Currency Converter here

On their web site, Walgreens has 500mg Acetominaphen caplets for about 5 cents each when you buy a bottle of 150 caplets. ($7.36, regularly $7.99)

I guess the vote above shows that Democrats hate the American healthcare seeker more than do the Republicans.

I'll also point out to those who support this idea and supported Obama in the last election that the the Obama White House opposed this amendment, and John McCain voted for it.