Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Public option bad
But pissing away $50 Million of our tax dollars on the proven failure of abstinence only sex education proves that some members of Congress haven't got enough smarts to be a street sweeper.
A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama has pushed to eliminate.Orrin Hatch for one, and you too Blanche.
The 12-11 vote by the Senate Finance Committee came over objections from its chairman, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.
Two Democrats – Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas – joined all 10 committee Republicans in voting "yes" on the measure by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah.
The measure would still have to pass the full House and Senate. Hatch said abstinence education had been shown to work,
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