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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]INdemo
(7,024 posts)47. So....this among many other situations
is another example that The Corporate mafia owns many of Democrats..Once again dont expect any change in 2018 midterm when there are those Democrats that like the status quo and I'll bet those 12 Democrats just got a hefty bonus Constitution from the pharmaceutical
companies.
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Booker , et al , are denigrating our party by voting with republicans when we need to be united.
ciaobaby
Jan 2017
#13
And Booker being the largest Democratic recipient of Big Pharma contributions had nothing at all . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2017
#20
Yeah, and that guy had to throw in "if the one in the hospital had shown up". These guys are...
George II
Jan 2017
#35
Is anyone concerned about how Dianne Feinstein is doing? Of course not, but...
George II
Jan 2017
#39
To think of the number of times Democratic Party loyalists like me have been called totalitarians,
baldguy
Jan 2017
#4
Precisely. But they "excuse" Sanders when he votes for questionable legislation or...
George II
Jan 2017
#36
Combine the best of Booker and Sanders, and we'll have a great candidate.
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#6
My mother, before she died, would go on those seniors bus tours to Canada....
4bucksagallon
Jan 2017
#7
Bernie's real achilles heel is that he turns off large portions of the democratic base
bravenak
Jan 2017
#11
Maybe you should stop feeling that "black folks" are the only people that...
4bucksagallon
Jan 2017
#15
I bet if Bernie had a (D) behind his name Booker and the others would have voted with him. Right?
jalan48
Jan 2017
#12
No. Democrats also voted on drug re-importation and didn't pass it for the ACA.
Eric J in MN
Jan 2017
#17
Amy Klobuchar co sponsered this bill; it wasn't an anti Bernie but a pro-big pharma vote by 13 Dems
stuffmatters
Jan 2017
#18
It's a good thing all those Republicans and that handful of Democrats saw through Bernie's ruse.
jalan48
Jan 2017
#42
Booker and the other Democrats didn't "screw Bernie Sanders" with this vote . . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2017
#19
It reminds me of the BS argument that a company named Genentech tried...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#23
I doubt that anyone complaining here even knows what the amendment was about, nor.....
George II
Jan 2017
#37
Well the video took a shot at Feinstein for "not showing up", never considering...
George II
Jan 2017
#49