Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions holds up prisoner rehab bill- al.com
Sen. Jeff Sessions, in the final days of the congressional year, temporarily blocked legislation to help former prisoners re-enter society because of concerns that it would dramatically increase federal spending on untested programs.
Yeah, we should only spend money on tested programs. Like abstinence education.
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Dan // January 3, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Sigh… I guess I have to vote for Vivian Figures.
It’s not even that I would necessarily go for the rehab bill (first I’ve even heard of it), but the guy’s ideologically-driven hypocrisy is unbearable.
Daily Dixie: Jeff Sessions blocks a bill // January 3, 2008 at 11:13 pm
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