The Wyoming House of Representatives approved a bill that would require some state welfare recipients to undergo drug testing.
By a vote of 37-23 on Monday, the House gave its final approval to the bill. It now goes to the Senate.
Similar drug-testing bills are pending in Colorado, Utah and other states. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have endorsed the idea.Read more here.
The votes:
Ayes (Punish the Poor!): Representative(s):
Berger, Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Buchanan, Campbell, Cannady, Childers,
Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Gay, Greear, Greene, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi,
Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie,
Miller, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Quarberg, Reeder, Semlek, Stubson,
Teeters, Wallis
Nays (Dems and Repubs with empathy): Representative(s): Barbuto, Blake, Botten, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Connolly, Craft, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Goggles, Harshman, Moniz, Nicholas B, Patton, Petroff, Roscoe, Steward, Throne, Vranish, Zwonitzer, Dn., Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays (Dems and Repubs with empathy): Representative(s): Barbuto, Blake, Botten, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Connolly, Craft, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Goggles, Harshman, Moniz, Nicholas B, Patton, Petroff, Roscoe, Steward, Throne, Vranish, Zwonitzer, Dn., Zwonitzer, Dv.
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