What the f@#k???
Senator Elizabeth Dole (I didn't even realize she was still in office, I never hear anything about her) just pulled one of those crazy moves that leaves me incredulous.
She submitted an amendment to rename the PEPFAR bill (S.2731) after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.
Why so ludicrous? Because the bill provides money to combat HIV/AIDS in countries like Africa that are hard hit by the disease and will hopefully lift the travel ban on HIV-positive individuals who want to come to the U.S. (I say "hopefully" because there is still--amazingly--some opposition on that point.)
And what was Jesse Helms' position on HIV and AIDS? He just happened to be one of the biggest opponents to doing anything for people with the disease here in the U.S.
What is Dole smoking???
More here, via to the Daily Dish.
She submitted an amendment to rename the PEPFAR bill (S.2731) after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.
Why so ludicrous? Because the bill provides money to combat HIV/AIDS in countries like Africa that are hard hit by the disease and will hopefully lift the travel ban on HIV-positive individuals who want to come to the U.S. (I say "hopefully" because there is still--amazingly--some opposition on that point.)
And what was Jesse Helms' position on HIV and AIDS? He just happened to be one of the biggest opponents to doing anything for people with the disease here in the U.S.
What is Dole smoking???
More here, via to the Daily Dish.
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