If Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador is not prepared to help the 183,000 children dependent upon the state's now-jeopardized child support enforcement, at least he could keep it to himself. Instead, Labrador is helping his allies in the Idaho Legislature blow up that system. Idaho's Health and Welfare Department collects about $205 million from non-custodial parents and allocates it to 155,000 households. To do that job, the state relies on access to federal databases and about $16 million in federal cash. All that could disappear. On April 10, as lawmakers were about to adjourn for the year, the House Judiciary and Rules Committee, on a 9-8 vote, tabled a bill that would have brought state child support enforcement into compliance with federal law. The feds have given Idaho until mid-June to remedy the action. Otherwise, the state may become a potential haven for deadbeat dads and moms and a financial hell hole for their kids/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

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