In recent years, Congress has attempted or succeeded in denying Small Business Loans, college aid, and FHA loans for people on the registry, now they want to ban registrants from obtaining food stamps. And you'll never believe who pushed for the amendment. None other than that diaper-wearing disgrace of a Louisiana Senator David Vitter. Since prostitution is a registerable sex offense in Louisiana, this asshat should be on the registry and denied his pension. If David Vitter can be forgiven by the legislature, then that forgiveness should extend to ALL registered persons.
eAdvocate has broken down the amendment added to S-954, a freaking farm bill of all things, here:
http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/2013/05/action-alert-senate-farm-bill-s-954.html
The details of the Amendment follow:
AMENDMENT NO. 1056
(Purpose: To end food stamp eligibility for convicted violent rapists, pedophiles, and murderers)
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following:
SEC. 4019. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS.
Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) (as amended by section 4004) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(s) Disqualification for Certain Convicted Felons.--
``(1) IN GENERAL.- -An individual shall not be eligible for benefits under this Act if the individual is convicted of--
``(A) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18, United States Code;
``(B) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States Code;
``(C) an offense under chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code;
``(D) a Federal or State offense involving sexual assault, as defined in 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)); or
``(E) an offense under State law determined by the Attorney General to be substantially similar to an offense described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
``(2) EFFECTS ON ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR OTHERS.--The amount of benefits otherwise required to be provided to an eligible household under this Act shall be determined by considering the individual to whom paragraph (1) applies not to be a member of such household, except that the income and resources of the individual shall be considered to be income and resources of the household.
``(3) ENFORCEMENT.--Each State shall require each individual applying for benefits under this Act, during the application process, to state, in writing, whether the individual, or any member of the household of the individual, has been convicted of a crime described in paragraph (1).''.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H. CON. RES. 25
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At the same time David Vitter approved the monsanto modifiyd food seed that was to be tested as an experiment on the unfortunate under privledged humans of the state he represents, and find it very interesting to refuse food stamps to certin offenders . This is a form of genacide with out consequence . No disposable pampers for david so we can monitor his diet of hate . Is it possible that he was spoon fed for the better part of his life from someone in his family ?
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