Cause and Effect?

NBC: Senate rejects low-cost drug imports
Plan would have allowed Americans to buy prescriptions from abroad

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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Both the pharmaceutical industry and the Obama administration were lobbying against the proposal, saying it would not protect people from potentially dangerous or ineffective drugs. Dorgan's plan would have cost drug makers billions of dollars and had bipartisan support.

No breakdown of the vote is offered in the story. You would think that would be an important part of the story.

Drugmakers will pay more for health bill
Senators: Billions from pharmaceutical industry to close drug coverage gap

Democratic senators said Wednesday they've been told the pharmaceutical industry will contribute billions of dollars more than it has previously promised for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the money being used to close a gap in Medicare drug coverage.

Curious. No?