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December 21, 2009
Can U Spell UCONN? Sen. Dodd's Little ObamaCare Secret
Posted by The MaryHunter at December 21, 2009 11:28 AM
More today from Connecticut: Sen. Chris "The Sandwichmaker" Dodd stuck a neat little treat in among the other porky slices in the Senate health care bill.
A $100 million item for construction of a university hospital was inserted in the Senate health care bill at the request of Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who faces a difficult re-election campaign, his office said Sunday night.
The legislation leaves it up to the Health and Human Services Department to decide where the money should be spent, although spokesman Bryan DeAngelis said Dodd hopes to claim it for the University of Connecticut.
The provision in the Senate legislation is included in a 383-page series of changes to the health care bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., outlined Saturday. Scattered throughout are numerous items sought by individual lawmakers, many of them directing money explicitly to programs or projects in their home states.
The one sought by Dodd provides $100 million for "a health care facility that provides research, inpatient tertiary care, or outpatient clinical services." It must be affiliated with an academic health center at a public research university in the United States "that contains a State's sole public academic medical and dental school."
Hmmm, sounds like it was written for UConn. No correlation, of course, with that tough re-election bid Dodd has coming in 2010.
UConn, a perfect name for what these Democrats are doing to the American people.
Will a pork sammich save Dodd's bacon?
Hat tip: Rush.
