{"id":6513,"date":"2012-01-07T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T13:53:24","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=6513","title":{"rendered":"HuffPo: “Dems Fire Back At GOP Proposals To Drug Test Jobless: ‘You Pee In The Cup'”"},"content":{"rendered":"

HuffPo: Dems Fire Back At GOP Proposals To Drug Test Jobless: ‘You Pee In The Cup’<\/a>: <\/p>\n

The past year has seen an unprecedented wave of Republican bills to drug test the poor and jobless. It also saw a smaller wave of Democratic bills that said in response, “No, you pee in the cup.”<\/p>\n

One of the most recent retorts comes from Georgia, where last month Democratic state Rep. Scott Holcomb introduced a bill requiring members of the local legislature to prove they’re not Legislating Under the Influence. Holcomb told HuffPost he came up with the idea because he was struck by a bill from his Republican colleagues to drug test welfare applicants. <\/p>\n

“I was really struck by how awful it was,” he said. “I wanted to bring some attention to it.”<\/p>\n

Democrats in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee have done the same thing. Tennessee state representative G.A. Hardaway said his bill to test lawmakers was inspired by constituents annoyed with a Republican welfare-drug-testing bill. “They said to me, ‘how do we know y’all aren’t on drugs?'” Hardaway told local TV station WMC-TV. “I thought, well, you don’t.”<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The drug testing action in the states eventually percolated to the U.S. Congress. In December Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) introduced a bill to require states to screen unemployment insurance claimants for drugs. A version of Kingston’s legislation was included in a broader bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives but failed in the Senate. <\/p>\n

Assistant Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) called the Republican drug test scheme unfair and insulting. “I don’t see anyone in the Republican majority demanding drug testing for folks who receive oil and gas subsidies,” he said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having sat through numerous House Judiciary Committee meetings in Arkansas last winter, one would conclude that two-thirds are either stupid or stoned all the time. They have the attention span of a day care class of three year olds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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