GOP Hammers House Dems on STD Spending

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is putting freshman Democrats on the spot for today’s House vote on President Obama’s economic stimulus package, taking issue with a provision that allocates $335 million to sexually transmitted disease prevention programs through the Centers for Disease Control after the Drudge Report today called attention to the proposed spending at the top of its page.

The NRCC circulated news releases in the districts of 29 freshman House Dems, blasting the provision.

“It’s obvious that Congressional Democrats are trying to pull the wool over Americans’ eyes as they rush this so-called ‘stimulus’ bill through Congress, while middle-class taxpayers are still finding out about frivolous spending provisions that have been hidden in the bill,” NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain said in the release…

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