Saturday, October 13, 2012

McCaskill camp: Akin voted against funding for youth suicide prevention

(From the Claire McCaskill campaign)

In 2004, only five days after Todd Akin refused to vote to fund programs aimed at preventing youth suicide, Akin found money in the budget to raise his own pay. The bill also offered grants to universities for research to find the best strategies for intervention and prevention. Despite Akin’s extreme opposition, the bill passed 351-64.  

Akin Was One of 64 Members to Vote Against Funding for Youth Suicide Prevention.  On September 9, 2004, Akin voted against the Barton, R-TX, motion to suspend the rules and pass S 2634 that would authorize $82 million over three years for grants to universities and states for youth suicide intervention and prevention programs and for creation of a technical assistance center.  The bill required parental consent for certain school-sponsored programs.  The motion was agreed to 352-64.  [S 2634, R 153-64; D 198-0, 9/9/04]

“Every day the list of programs that Todd Akin deems less important than his own pay becomes more offensive,” said Erik Dorey, McCaskill for Missouri spokesman. “Funding programs and research aimed at helping Missouri’s youth when they need it most is a wise use of taxpayer dollars. This vote shows, once again, that Todd Akin will not waver from his extreme beliefs even to save the lives of Missouri’s youth.”   

Akin Supported Congressional Pay Raise in 2004. Akin voted in favor of a motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on adoption of the rule to provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate $89.8 billion in fiscal 2005 for the departments of Treasury and Transportation and related agencies. If the motion had been defeated, an amendment to block the Congressional pay raise would have been allowed.  The motion passed 235-170.  [H Res 770,Vote #451, 9/14/04]

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