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From: Paul Smith	3/25/2010 2:15:47 AM
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Dems reject amendment to ban Viagra for sex offenders Democrats killed an amendment by Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to prevent the newly created insurance exchanges from using federal money to cover Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs for rapists, pedophiles and other sex offenders. The amendment failed 57-42 "The vast majority of Americans don't want their taxpayer dollars paying for this kind of drug for those kind of people," Coburn said. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus urged his colleagues to defeat the amendment. "This is a serious bill. This is a serious debate. The amendment offered by the senator from Oklahoma makes a mockery of the Senate, the debate and the American people. It is not a serious amendment. It is a crass political stunt aimed at making 30-second commercials, not public policy," he said. Democrats have defeated every amendment offered by Republicans so far, arguing that any change will kill the bill. politico.com -------------------------- Hmmmm.....seems like those that voted "no" might be reminded of the vote in the future. Seems like it would have been easy to just pass the amendment and move on.

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