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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx</link><description>If you still have doubts about the influence drug companies have on Capitol Hill, you'll be as alarmed as I am about this USA Today report that tracked donations from the cartel to Congressmen that may have influenced their decisions in killing a measure</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx#99044</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 04:53:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:99044</guid><dc:creator>saynotoquacks</dc:creator><description>Best way to put the DRUG CARTELS&amp;nbsp;out of business is to avoid the DRUG DEALERS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Drug cartels!" --Great satire, Dr. M.!&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99044" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx#99039</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 20:53:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:99039</guid><dc:creator>Katy B</dc:creator><description>This post was deleted because it violated &lt;a href="http://v.mercola.com/Termsofservice.htm" target="_blank"&gt; our Terms Of Use &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;br&gt; Comment does not pertain to the topic of the article or does not provide value or insight to the discussion. Submit stories or comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, or off-topic content or any other system that will result in your personal financial or commercial gain.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99039" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx#99036</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 19:08:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:99036</guid><dc:creator>Islander</dc:creator><description>I've been following the progress of S. 1082 since it was introduced. Its progress through the Senate was far slower than anticipated because of the furore it created among the public (and thanks to all of you Mercola fans who contacted your legislators!) The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet because it still has to make an appearance in the House where we will have another opportunity to overwhelm our representatives with a cascade of protests...but I think the future looks grim. We in Maine will have to continue to charter busses to Canada to get our pricier prescriptions filled more affordably. Meanwhile our lawmakers are living off the fat of the land - thanks to Big Pharma contributions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;P.S. When&amp;nbsp; they say it's not about the money...it's about the money.&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99036" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx#99035</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 19:01:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:99035</guid><dc:creator>Bridestein</dc:creator><description>John Kerry? &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;John Kerry!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(incredulously) John Kerry doesn't even need money!&lt;br&gt;But why should these guys care? They probably get their drugs for free. Maybe they are mistaking the source of their unhappiness and dissatisfaction as not having enough money, when it's actually the drugs they take and poor quality food they consume.&lt;br&gt;If we could just get them to eat according to their metabolic types, they would be happy and fulfilled instead of greedy. ^_^&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99035" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Much Did it REALLY Cost Drug Companies to Pay Off Congress?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/05/16/How-Much-Did-it-REALLY-Cost-Drug-Companies-to-Pay-Off-Congress.aspx#99034</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 17:53:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:99034</guid><dc:creator>Russ Bianchi</dc:creator><description>Hmmmm, I guess Congressman Grassley get less donations, or is doubled-up on donations, if Big Pharma needs his vote?&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99034" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>