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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cody andre who wrote (37495)	3/9/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: JBL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Money for Clinton Museum Rejected By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- State lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a request for $500,000 to be put toward converting President Clinton's boyhood home into a museum. The bill's sponsor ran from the House chamber in tears. Many representatives who voted against the bill said it had nothing to do with Clinton, but with the source of the money. The project would have been funded immediately, instead of having to compete later with scores of other local projects. Rep. Sandra Rodgers, a Democrat from Clinton's native Hope, rushed from the House chamber after the vote and cried in the Capitol halls. ''If they want President Clinton to know that they don't support him, that's fine with me. I'll try to convey that message for him,'' said Ms. Rodgers, her voice breaking. ''I'm just really mad.'' The defeat came as a shock to Ms. Rodgers, who said 85 representatives had signed on as cosponsors. The bill, which needed 75 votes in the 99-member House, was defeated 41-8. Most members, not wanting to appear opposed to Clinton, either didn't vote or cast a ''present'' vote. Speaker Pro Tem Doug Kidd, who co-sponsored the bill but then urged colleagues not to approve it, said many members didn't initially understand that the money was coming from the state's current budget -- not its next one. ''I don't think anyone who didn't vote, or voted no, meant particularly that they didn't want to do something for the president's birthplace,'' said Kidd, D-Benton. ''It's just good government to look at every bit of this stuff.'' But at least one representative said he opposed the funding because he opposes Clinton. ''I would have voted for impeachment, and I think he has disgraced our state in a lot of ways,'' said Rep. Jim Bob Duggar, R-Springdale. AP-NY-03-09-99 1921EST