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October 06, 2005
GOP Senators Cut Critical Aid To Children, Poor, Elderly
“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.” - William Shakespeare

And so it went on the floor of the United States Senate last Friday as those perennially heartless – but almost always smiling – Senate Republicans voted to gut the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program.

Unfortunately, in a busy political-news week, it was easy to miss.

By a vote of 53-39 and without a single Republican voting in favor, Democratic Senator Tom Harkin's CSBG-related amendment to a continuing resolution (to fund the government for the next seven weeks) was shot down on the Senate floor.

After approval by the House and Senate on Thursday and Friday, respectively, Bush signed the continuing-resolution legislation to temporarily keep the federal government running. This was necessary after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to pass annual spending bills before the start of the new fiscal year.