Robert King has an article for the Indy Star entitled Senate committee kills Darfur bill. The report states that Senator Dennis Kruse refused to allow the Senate Pensions and Labor committee to vote on HB 1484 which would have essentially required the Indiana Public Employee Retirement Fund and Teacher’s Retirement Fund (PERF & TRF) to divest itself of companies that support the Sudanese government or was complicit in the Darfur genocide. This is a bill that passed the House 97 to 0. Rumor has it that Senator Mike Young threatened to amend the bill to also require divestment from companies that make “abortion drugs.” Young said he would not talk to the Indianapolis Star. Kruse was not immediately available for comment. I hope he has ample time to explain himself on this one in the future.
Someone sent me some good information about this a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, I downloaded it to my work computer, and I never got it posted.
[tags]SB1484-2007, genocide, abortion[/tags]
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