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Title: What Are They Hiding? Oklahoma Senate Kills Provision To Drug Test Politicians
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/ ... sion-to-drug-test-politicians/
Published: Mar 27, 2012
Author: By Eric W. Dolan
Post Date: 2012-03-27 11:27:00 by Brian S
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Views: 759
Comments: 2
The Oklahoma Senate has dropped legislation that would require politicians throughout the state to be drug tested along with people receiving temporary public assistance. The bill, passed by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on Monday, would still require applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to undergo a mandatory drug test. The Department of Human Services estimates 22,000 people in Oklahoma receive TANF benefits, which helps poor families with children pay for living expenses, including rent, heat, utilities and personal care items. Democrats in the Oklahoma House who opposed the legislation added an amendment that required anyone seeking public office to pass a drug test as well. The bill’s sponsor, Republican state Rep. Guy Liebman, opposed the amendment, but his attempt to eliminate measure was defeated by a bipartisan vote. When the bill arrived in the state Senate, Sen. David Holt (R) dropped the provision from the legislation, describing the amendment a “stunt.” Republican lawmakers across the nation have pushed to drug test welfare applicants. On Monday, Utah became the latest state to pass such a law. Florida, Arizona, and Missouri have also approved laws requiring low-income parents seeking federal cash assistance to pass a drug test. Michigan previously tried to implement a welfare drug testing law, but it was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2003. U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts held that the rationale behind drug testing welfare recipients “could be used for testing the parents of all children who received Medicaid, State Emergency Relief, educational grants or loans, public education or any other benefit from that State.”
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#1. To: Brian S, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
Those dudes are higher than Trayvon Martin at half-time, buzzin cuzzzin!
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The bill, passed by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on Monday, would still require applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to undergo a mandatory drug test. Sounds like a GREAT piece of legislation to me. How can anybody possibly ojbect to it? When the bill arrived in the state Senate, Sen. David Holt (R) dropped the provision from the legislation, describing the amendment a “stunt.” BLEEP HIM! This is Ameirca. if it is good enough for the peasants,it's good enough for the nobility.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
What Are They Hiding?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
The Oklahoma Senate has dropped legislation that would require politicians throughout the state to be drug tested along with people receiving temporary public assistance.
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