Bush and Republican House and Senate in 2006 voted AGAINST RELIGION!!!

[zulchzulu]

It turns out the Religious Reich want to paint Obama and the Stimulus Package as "anti-religious", "anti-prayer"...blah, blah, blah...

Huckabee and the Merry Band Of Theocrats are spewing the lies. It looks like asshats like Huckabee are exposed as theocratic charlatans who'd rather lie than try to not lie.

Well, it turns out that George Bush AND the Republican House and Senate voted for and PASSED legislation (Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006) that included the very same verbage that can be found in the Stimulus Package:

‘‘(D) will employ eligible individuals in service related
to publicly owned and operated facilities and projects, or
projects sponsored by nonprofit organizations (excluding
political parties exempt from taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), but
excluding projects involving the construction, operation, or
maintenance of any facility used or to be used as a place
for sectarian religious instruction or worship;

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ365.109.pdf#page=44

The legislation is signed:

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6197:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
Occurred: Passed House Sep 28, 2006
Occurred: Passed Senate Sep 30, 2006
Occurred: Signed by President Oct 17, 2006

Sep 28, 2006: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote. A record of each representative's position was not kept.
Sep 30, 2006: This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. A record of each representative's position was not kept.

Here are the Republicans who sponsored or co-sponsored the legislation:

Rep. Patrick Tiberi
Cosponsors
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Rep. Judy Biggert
Rep. Mark Souder
Rep. Howard McKeon
Res.Com. Luis Fortuño
Rep. John McHugh
Rep. Addison Wilson
Rep. Thomas Osborne
Rep. John Kuhl
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Rep. Ralph Regula
Rep. Charles Boustany

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-6197

The original links I found this from are from here:
http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200902100002

[AspenRose]

1. Good catch.

May it go viral.

K&R

[ck4829]

2. Nice find!

K&R

[ellacott]

3. Rachel Maddow debunked this also

http://digg.com/political_opinion/Rachel_Maddow_calls_bullpucky_on_the_obstructionist_GOP#

[zulchzulu]

4. Missed it...

This should be common news for all the chattering channels...