posted 07-23-2005 07:10 AM               

"Still, there was one lone voice against the bill. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, questioned spending billions to go to Mars when "day after day ... we're told we can't do enough for housing and we can't do enough for health care."

"This is a fundamental debate the country ought to have ... about whether or not to commit these untold billions ... at the expense of other important programs," he said."

I wonder why housing and health care issues weren't taken care before now? If the House didn't pass this bill... would these issues be eliminated?

Noah