Pam Spaulding passes on the Onion-like news that Sen. Liddy Dole wants to rename a bill to reauthorize AIDS treatment funding in honor of Jesse Helms. Dole wants to call the legislation "The Tom Lantos, Henry J. Hyde and Jesse Helms United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008."
Other forthcoming Dole-sponsored legislation no doubt includes:
The Henry Hyde Women's Reproductive Health Safety Act
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