Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Positions are categorized as Pro (Yes), Con (No), Not Clearly Pro or Con, or None Found.
Candidates who have withdrawn or who no longer meet our criteria are listed last.

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Clinton, Hillary (D) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator (D-NY), voted Yes on the "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" (S.812) on July 31, 2002: "Title II - Importation of Prescription Drugs... Declares that enforcement efforts concerning importation of prescription drugs by individuals should focus on significant threats to public health rather than importation that is clearly for personal use, particularly importation from Canada." July 31, 2002 "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" (S.812)

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Gravel, Mike (Lib) - None Found ProCon.org emailed the Gravel campaign on Jan. 10, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Mar. 12, 2008.

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Keyes, Alan (Ind) - Pro Alan Keyes, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, wrote in an article titled "Health Care," posted on the Alan Keyes official candidate website (accessed Apr. 4, 2008): "To help lower health care costs, we also need to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe, and do other sensible things — based on free-market principles — that will give consumers greater choice of health care options." Apr. 4, 2008 Alan Keyes

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McCain, John (R) - Pro John McCain, U.S. Senator (R-AZ), stated in a Nov. 17, 2007 article titled "McCain Calls For Drug Reimportation" in The Associated Press: "It's a strawman to say that a country like Canada could not be responsible for safe drugs to be brought into our country. Many of them are manufactured in Canada, as you know. I would reimport them from any country in the world as long as you have the proper process. In Canada, we already do. In Mexico, we do not." Nov. 17, 2007 John McCain

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McKinney, Cynthia (Grn) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. House Representative (D-GA), wrote in a statement in the "Issues: Seniors" section of her U.S. Congress website, available through www.ratical.org (accessed Apr. 10, 2008): "One of the most pressing issues facing the senior community today is the rising cost of prescription drugs. For this reason, I am an original cosponsor of the Democratic prescription drug Medicare coverage bill. This legislation will insure that Medicare is capable of alleviating the burden of prescription drug costs that our nation's seniors face, and also to cap the rising costs of the medications." Apr. 10, 2008 Cynthia McKinney

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Nader, Ralph (Ind) - None Found ProCon.org emailed the Nader campaign on Mar. 26, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Apr. 11, 2008.

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Obama, Barack (D) - None Found ProCon.org emailed the Obama campaign on Jan. 9, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Mar. 12, 2008.

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Paul, Ron (R) - Pro Ron Paul, U.S. Representative (R-TX), stated in a Dec. 11, 2000 article titled "Dr. Paul's Writings: Drug Reimportation Increases Medical Freedom" on his campaign website: "Reimportation [of drugs manufactured in the U.S. and exported] is hardly a solution to our health care woes, of course, and the bill faces a highly uncertain future in the Senate. Reimportation would, however, inject a tiny measure of freedom into our increasingly regulated health care system. No American should ever enjoy less freedom by virtue of living in the U.S., and no American should be forced to pay higher prices for drugs that are available more cheaply overseas. The ban on reimportation is unconscionable, and most Americans know it despite the best efforts of the pharmaceutical companies and their mouthpieces." Dec. 11, 2000 Ron Paul

CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN OR NO LONGER MEET OUR CRITERIA      Biden, Joe (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 3, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Brownback, Sam (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Oct. 19, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Dodd, Chris (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 3, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Edwards, John (D) - Not Clearly Pro or Con John Edwards, former U.S. Senator (D-NC), on July 31, 2002 voted Yes on the "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" (S.812): "Title II - Importation of Prescription Drugs... Declares that enforcement efforts concerning importation of prescription drugs by individuals should focus on significant threats to public health rather than importation that is clearly for personal use, particularly importation from Canada." July 31, 2002 "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" (S.812) Top      Gilmore, Jim (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Aug. 14, 2007; no position found as of that date Top    Giuliani, Rudy (R) - Pro Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, in a July 20, 2007 article titled "Join 'Conversation' with Rudy Giuliani" on WMUR-TV (ABC), thebostonchannel.com, stated: "I think importation from foreign countries is good if its heavily regulated. In that particular case you have to be sure the country you are getting them from has the same standards that we have. Otherwise you run the risk... that you are getting inferior medicines, fraudulent medicines... If you do that you'd have to make sure that it was allowed from countries that had roughly the same standards that we have for verifying that medicines are correct... Right now most countries don't have those standards. But if they did that would be an acceptable way to do it." July 20, 2007 Rudy Giuliani Top    Huckabee, Mike (R) - Con Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas, stated in a WebMD.com article titled "Candidate Profile: Mike Huckabee" (accessed Jan. 4, 2008): "He does not support the importation or reimportation of prescription drugs. A primary reason for this is maintaining U.S. control over the safety of our drugs." Jan. 4, 2008 Mike Huckabee Top      Hunter, Duncan (R) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Duncan Hunter, U.S. Representative (R-CA), voted Yes on "Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003" (H.R.2427) on July 25, 2003: "To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes." July 25, 2003 "Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003" (H.R.2427) Top      Imperato, Daniel (3rd/I) - None Found ProCon.org emailed the Imperato campaign on Dec. 13, 2007 with this question. Mr. Imperato provided a response to this question and 26 others during a recorded 45-minute telephone interview with ProCon.org on Mar. 11, 2008. On Mar. 21, 2008 Mr. Imperato no longer met our eligibility criteria for inclusion on this site, and we stopped transcribing his verbal responses as of that date.   Top    Kubby, Steve (3rd/I) - Pro Steve Kubby, founder of the American Medical Marijuana Association, stated in an Jan. 10, 2008 email to ProCon.org: "Americans should be allowed to purchase their drugs from other countries -- but they shouldn't need a prescription to purchase their drugs in the first place." Jan. 10, 2008 Steve Kubby Top      Kucinich, Dennis (D) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative (D-OH), cosponsored the "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2001" (H.R. 1862) on May 16, 2001: "Title II - Importation of Prescription Drugs... Declares that enforcement efforts concerning importation of prescription drugs by individuals should focus on significant threats to public health rather than importation that is clearly for personal use, particularly importation from Canada." May 16, 2001 Dennis Kucinich Top    McEnulty, Frank (3rd/I) - Pro Frank McEnulty, an Independent candidate and President of Our Castle Homes, in a Dec. 20, 2007 email to ProCon.org, stated: "An American should be allowed to purchase their prescription drugs from other countries. If someone wishes to take the chance that the drugs they are purchasing may not be as pure or even the same as the drugs they would purchase in this country it is their right as an adult to take that risk." Dec. 20, 2007 Frank McEnulty Top      Richardson, Bill (D) - None Found     No position found as of Jan. 9, 2008. ProCon.org also emailed the Richardson campaign on Dec. 13, 2007 with this question. They did not respond to our email.   Top      Romney, Mitt (R) - None Found     No position found as of Jan. 9, 2008. ProCon.org also emailed the Romney campaign on Dec. 13, 2007 with this question. They did not respond to our email.   Top    Smith, Christine (3rd/I) - Pro Christine Smith, a Libertarian candidate and a social and political activist, stated in a Feb. 27, 2008 email to ProCon.org: "Yes." Feb. 27, 2008 Christine Smith Top      Tancredo, Tom (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Dec. 20, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Thompson, Fred (R) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Fred Thompson, former U.S. Senator (R-TN), voted No on the "Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" (S.812): "Title II: Importation of Prescription Drugs - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit pharmacists and wholesalers to import (reimport) U.S. made prescription drugs into the United States from Canada." July 31, 2002 "S.812: Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002" Top      Thompson, Tommy (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Sep. 12, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Vilsack, Tom (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Feb. 23, 2007; no position found as of that date

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