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The Senate measure also does not feature the controversial "riders" that were written into the House bill, including prohibitions on the District using its own money to pay for needle-exchange programs and abortions for low-income women.

Senate spending bill would spare D.C. region from House cuts 2011

The Senate measure also does not feature the controversial "riders" that were written into the House bill, including prohibitions on the District using its own money to pay for needle-exchange programs and abortions for low-income women.

Senate spending bill would spare D.C. region from House cuts 2011

For example, a politically polarized Congress blocked a needle-exchange program for ten years, and now, in DC, we have a 3 percent HIV epidemic, while 1 percent is a "generalized and severe" epidemic.

Jeremy John: Isaiah 58 And The Fast For DC Statehood Jeremy John 2012

Among the top priorities for Gray are ensuring that the District strengthens HIV and sexual education within public schools and charter schools; that the city moves forward on measuring the new rate of infection; and that funding for needle-exchange services is maintained.

D.C. backsliding in efforts to fight AIDS, study finds 2011

New Jersey established needle-exchange programs in five cities in 2006, but the debate was so furious that lawmakers didn't take up the separate bill on pharmacy sales.

Syringes Ban Reconsidered in New Jersey Heather Haddon 2011

For example, a politically polarized Congress blocked a needle-exchange program for ten years, and now, in DC, we have a 3 percent HIV epidemic, while 1 percent is a "generalized and severe" epidemic.

Jeremy John: Isaiah 58 And The Fast For DC Statehood Jeremy John 2012

But with the House now considering a spending bill that would cut roughly $80 million in federal payments to the District and prohibit the city from using its own money for abortions or needle-exchange programs, the activist group decided to raise the stakes.

DC Vote activists protest outside Boehner's house Ben Pershing 2011

DC Vote is upset the House is considering a spending bill that would cut roughly $80 million in federal payments to the District and prohibit the city from using its own money for abortions or needle-exchange programs.

Boehner's house targeted by protesters Elizabeth Flock 2011

IN THE SENATE -- Ben Pershing writes in the Post about spending bill prospects in the Senate, in the wake of Republican-passed cuts in the House: In the District, the federal government's funding for the city would take an $80 million hit, and D.C. would face the same restrictions on needle-exchange programs and abortions that were in place the last time Republicans controlled Congress.

DeMorning DeBonis: Feb. 25, 2011 2011

Among the top priorities for Gray are ensuring that the District strengthens HIV and sexual education within public schools and charter schools; that the city moves forward on measuring the new rate of infection; and that funding for needle-exchange services is maintained.

D.C. backsliding in efforts to fight AIDS, study finds 2011