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Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers
A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amended the measure to require drug testing for lawmakers.
"There was an amendment offered today that required drug testing for legislators as well and it passed, which led me to have to then withdraw the bill," said Rep. Jud McMillin (R-Brookville), sponsor of the original welfare drug testing bill.
The Supreme Court ruled drug testing for political candidates unconstitutional in 1997, striking down a Georgia law. McMillin said he withdrew his bill so he could reintroduce it on Monday with a lawmaker drug testing provision that would pass constitutional muster.
"I've only withdrawn it temporarily," he told HuffPost, stressing he carefully crafted his original bill so that it could survive a legal challenge. Last year a federal judge, citing the Constitution's ban on unreasonable search and seizure, struck down a Florida law that required blanket drug testing of everyone who applied for welfare.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/welfare-drug-testing-bill_n_1237333.html
CurtEastPoint
(18,649 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)He's even more of a PIG than your average republican.........
think
(11,641 posts)why would it be constitutional to drug test welfare recipients?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)LonePirate
(13,424 posts)They only make that argument for Democratic sponsored and passed bills.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Most political candidates are middle class (I despise class terms but for the sake of expediency...) or UMC ... the poor do not deserve the same rights as the rest of us ... or so I've heard.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Maybe that would tone down some of their aggressive traits.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Hypocrites.