The House on Friday voted 264153 to approve its fiscal year 2010 LaborHHSEducation spending bill (HB 3293) after voting on five amendments addressing price and policy issues, CQ Today reports. The bill would appropriate $730.5 billion. The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to begin markup of its version of the bill on July 28.The House [...]

The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted 2521 to approve a bill (S. 221) that would require public school systems in the state to offer a sex education curriculum that includes information on abstinence, contraceptives and sexually transmitted infections, the WinstonSalem Journal reports. Currently, only two public school systems in the state offer comprehensive sex [...]