Senate Rejects Measure to Reintroduce Prescription Drug Importation

• By Emily Pierce and David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 15, 2009, 8:42 p.m.

After an intense lobbying effort by the White House and Democratic leaders, the Senate Tuesday evening voted down an amendment offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) that could have blown a hole in the financing of the health care reform bill.