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Policy & Politics Washington, D.C.: Congress Passes D.C. BudgetOctober 7, 2004 On Wednesday, Congress approved the District's 2005 budget. Senate negotiators failed to overturn a House-backed ban that prohibits spending D.C. funds on needle-exchange programs or on lobbying Congress for statehood or voting representation. By keeping the ban in place, Congress "continues to disenfranchise and discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS" in the District, which has the highest HIV-infection rate and at-risk population among US cities, said A. Cornelius Baker, executive director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic. President Bush is expected to sign the measure soon. Washington Post 10.07.2004; Spencer S. Hsu  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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