January 28th, 2009 // comments (0)

$335,000,000 For STD Prevention

Matt Drudge digs up another gem in the stimulus bill (H.R. 1):

The House Democrats’ bill includes $335 million for sexually transmitted disease education and prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In the past, the CDC has used STD education funding for programs that many Members of Congress find objectionable and arguably unrelated to a mission of economic stimulus [such as funding events called 'Booty Call' and 'Great Sex' put on by an organization that received $698,000 in government funds.]

“Whether this funding has merit is not the question; the point is it has no business in an economic plan supposedly focused on job creation,” says a stimulated Hill source.

Related:

• December 21, 2009 -- NO MORE STIMULUS
• February 13, 2009 -- Tom Price Shows Off The Stimulus
• February 10, 2009 -- Senate Passes Stimulus Bill 61-37
• January 28, 2009 -- Stimulus Passes House – 244-188
• January 27, 2009 -- Stimulus Dollars Headed To ACORN?
• January 26, 2009 -- Buried Deep Inside H.R. 1…
• January 24, 2009 -- H.R. 1 – Stimulus Package – Full Text
• February 5, 2010 -- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS
• January 29, 2010 -- GDP GROWS AT 5.7%
• January 21, 2010 -- JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE