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Congresswoman still spreading Tulia's lessons in Washington

By Gritsforbreakfast

The battle to get rid of Texas' network of drug task forces in the wake of the Tulia scandal contained a bipartisan (or rather non-partisan) "strange bedfellows" aspect that appears to be replicating itself in Washington, D.C.. President Bush, who for many years supported eliminating the "Byrne grant" fund entirely, has settled for slashing the budget by 2/3 in his final year.Texas Byrne grant money now goes to fund border security projects of questionable effectiveness and a variety of smaller, mostly beneficial local programs. But in most states, the bulk of Byrne grant funding goes to pay for drug task forces, which is why Senators Kit Bond (R-Missouri) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) want to keep the pork barrel funds flowing. ("Bush budget slashes drug task force grants," The Wichita Eagle, Feb...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 17, 2008 (boomark / email).