Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
NAACP
H.R. 2944 / District of Columbia Appropriations / AIDS prevention.
A motion offered by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to table (kill) the Allen (RVA) amendment to the bill which would have prohibited the use of local as well as federal funds for any needle exchange programs. The Landrieu motion was agreed to.American Conservative Union
Needle Exchange Programs.
Landrieu (D-LA) motion to allow the use of taxpayer funds for needle exchange programs in the District of Columbia. The motion was agreed to.Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)
DC Appro./Needle Exchange.
To table an amendment to prohibit the use of local funds for needle exchanges.The Human Rights Campaign
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002.
Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., offered a motion to table (block) Sen. George Allen's, R-Va., amendment to H.R. 2944. Allen's amendment would have inserted language into the bill to prohibit the use of federal or local funds for any needle exchange programs in the District of Columbia. The motion passed.American Public Health Association
Needle exchange funding - H.R. 2944, FY 2002 District of Columbia appropriations bill.
Landrieu, D-La., motion to
table the Allen, R-Va.,
amendment. The Allen
amendment would have
prohibited the use of
funds in the bill to carry
out needle exchange programs
in the District of
Columbia. Passed.
APHA supported the
Landrieu motion to table
the Allen amendment.
APHA has consistently
opposed efforts to restrict
federal, state and especially
local funding for
needle exchange programs.
APHA noted that
34 percent of all reported
AIDS cases, 48 percent of
all reported heterosexual
AIDS cases and 56 percent
of all pediatric AIDS cases
are due to injection drug
use. It was further noted
that drug treatment programs
fall far short of need
and that needle exchange
programs have been scientifically
demonstrated to
reduce HIV transmission
rates and not to increase
injection drug use. Relevant
APHA policies: 9415,
8931 and others.Eagle Forum
District of Columbia Appropriations.
Sen. George Allen (R-VA) introduced an amendment to the District of Columbia Appropriations bill (H.R. 2944) to prohibit the use of local funds to carry out needle exchange programs in D.C.
A motion was made to table (kill) the Allen Amendment.
Motion to table agreed to.