However, recent reports on the value of embryo parts in finding a cure for certain diseases have sparked talk on Capitol Hill of overturning the ban. The House approved the amendment last year, but it was subsequently dropped from the bill during negotiation with the Senate. It failed by a vote of 215-213. This shortage would result in 80,000 fewer women and children receiving WIC this next fiscal year. The Senate appropriations committee provided enough in its budget to allow WIC to maintain the current caseload.
Gun control is a part of the bill.
However, I want to mention some other items included in the bill. Ten Commandments - The Ten Commandments Amendment would affirm the right of states to allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in public buildings and would protect an individual's right to express his or her religious views in a state institution, such as a public school. Protecting Children - One proposal would allow offenders as young as 13 to be housed with adult inmates in federal prison, subjecting them to greater likelihood of sexual abuse and suicide. Besides the proposal to house young offenders with adult prisoners, other measures include scrapping confidentially protections, expanding prosecution of juveniles in federal courts, allowing prosecutors alone, without review by judges, to determine if youthful offenders should be tried as juveniles or adults, and preventing judges from considering each case on its merits, requiring them to impose long sentences on offenders regardless of age. An 18 percent cut to the Older Americans Act would eliminate almost 300,000 congregate and over 100,000 home-delivered meals, and would result in the loss of almost 14,000 Title V jobs.