Republican lawmaker withdraws support of child savings bill

Carolyn Hileman* | March 5, 2007

A Republican lawmaker who co-authored a bill that would give every child born in California a $500 savings account has withdrawn his support following a backlash within his own party. Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, who had promoted the measure as a good investment, announced Friday he no longer supported the bill he had introduced two days before with Democrat Sen. Darrel Steinberg…Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said hysteria over immigration had pressured his colleague to withdraw his support. “Let’s get one thing straight: 90 percent of the calls and the talk radio and all the hysteria is about one issue and one issue only — immigration,” Steinberg said. “It is all about xenophobia and there is a lot of hatred out there and we need to stand up against it. A kid is a kid is a kid.”

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