Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Obama gets his third bill passed -- even though he was too busy campaigning to vote for it.

The Global AIDS Spending Bill (S. 2731) adds $50 billion to the $200 billion already spent by U.S. taxpayers on HIV/AIDS here and around the world that has not resulted in any cures or vaccines.

The bill also lifts the ban on entry into the U.S. of AIDS-infected aliens, who could end up adding to the costs of our health care system. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that providing federal disability, health and nutrition benefits to aliens with HIV/AIDS and their children could cost the government $83 million over a 10-year period.

Add this $50 billion to the billions in the Obama-sponsored "Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Diplomacy Promotion Act of 2006." None of it spent on Americans. He's sending our money to Africa. Imagine the transfer of funds out of America once he sits in the Oval Office.

His other great accomplishment -- he sponsored a bill to name a post office.