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Sen. Dole attempts to name AIDS bill after Jesse Helms
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 21, 2008 01:30pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Charlotte Observer |
| News Date | Monday, July 21, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Sen. Jesse Helms might have changed his mind when it came to AIDS policy, but his softened stance wasn't far enough to keep activists from crying foul when his successor tried to name an AIDS relief bill after him.
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., introduced an amendment to add Helms, the N.C. Republican who died July 4, to the title of a $48billion bill passed Wednesday in the Senate that triples spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Her measure, though, didn't get a vote. The legislation was already named after two other lawmakers who fought against the spread of AIDS, former Reps. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and Tom Lantos, D-Calif.
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