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and you can hear it with the new iphone a. ap. "washington journal" continues.or byron dorgan from north dakota it says debates have stalled partly in an amendment that you offered to allow cheaper drugs to be imported from canada. what is the status of your amendment? will it be voted on? >> well, it is going on seven days but appears it will get a vote today. it's not just cheaper drugs but identical drugs sold in every other country for a fraction of the price it's sold to americans. you know, if this is a global economy how about giving the american people the freedom to access the identical drug, same pill put in the same bottle, fda-approved. the difference, american people get to pay two to three times the cost most other people in the world pay. i think it's unfair and they ought to be able to access these drugs from other countries. >> when he was running for president did you talk to him about these negotiation it's? and if so what did he tell you? >> yes. he was the co-sponsor of my legislation. my legislation has 30 co-responsers ranging from the lat

even call it also on your iphone with the news ap app. caller: good morning.question was whether senatr byrd was there to vote? host: he was. it is written about in the washington post this morning by david milbank. -- dana milbank. at 2:00 on sunday afternoon -- at 4:00 p.m. sunday afternoon, nine hours before the vote would effectively clinched the legislation's passage, senator coburn went to the senate floor to propose a prayer. next up is arlington, new jersey, on the independent line. caller: 01 to make a few comments on tom harkin's remarks -- i want to make a few commons. the statement that republicans are in disarray is the biggest joke. they have stood firm in opposition of this massive entitlement. the democrats of the ones who could not get their act together until they bribed landrieu and now nelson. with respect to senator mccain's statement, it is obvious that this is not the reform politics in washington that obama promised during his election. this has been the least transparent said the negotiations on a major piece of legislation, 17% of our