Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement
Posted: March 13th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: schools | Tags: abuse, children, civil liberties, Congress, Democrat, physical restraint, Republican, solitary confinement, students, torture | 4 Comments »
The 7-year-old special needs girl who died of suffocation while in a "prone restraint." Photo: NDRN
On Wednesday afternoon, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (now being called the Keeping All Students Safe Act), by a vote of 262-153. In the final vote count, 238 Democrats and just 24 Republicans voted for the bill, while 8 Democrats and 145 Republicans voted against it. (Check out the full roll call here.)