And the hits just keep on coming:

The Senate rejected a plan Tuesday to allow Americans to import low-cost prescriptions from abroad, handing drug makers a victory that may help secure passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

The vote on the amendment by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., was 51-48 in favor, but 60 votes were needed to prevail under a special rule. Obama had supported the measure as a senator, but his administration echoed safety concerns raised by the pharmaceutical industry — which is supporting the Democrats’ health care bill.

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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget office estimated that Dorgan’s plan would have saved the federal government $19 billion over the coming decade. Dorgan says it would have saved American consumers four times that amount.

But don’t worry – the drug companies will still be allowed to import their needed items from places like China. Another case of a win for big pharma and a loss for you and me.

Democrats voting against the measure:

• Akaka (D-HI)
• Baucus (D-MT)
• Bayh (D-IN)
• Burris (D-IL)
• Cantwell (D-WA)
• Cardin (D-MD)
• Carper (D-DE)
• Casey (D-PA)
• Dodd (D-CT)
• Durbin (D-IL)
• Gillibrand (D-NY)
• Hagan (D-NC)
• Hatch (R-UT)
• Inouye (D-HI)
• Kaufman (D-DE)
• Kerry (D-MA)

• Kirk (D-MA)
• Landrieu (D-LA)
• Lautenberg (D-NJ)
• Levin (D-MI)
• Lieberman (ID-CT)
• Menendez (D-NJ)
• Mikulski (D-MD)
• Murray (D-WA)
• Reed (D-RI)
• Reid (D-NV)
• Rockefeller (D-WV)
• Schumer (D-NY)
• Tester (D-MT)
• Udall (D-CO)
• Warner (D-VA)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)