Stanford student senate blocks funding for Pence lecture for the second time

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The student senate at Stanford University revoted on a measure to fund a lecture by former Vice President Mike Pence, once again denying the campus College Republicans the funds for the event.

The student senate had previously voted via Slack channel message to block the College Republicans’ $6,000 request but decided to hold a vote during a public meeting because, according to senate co-chairman Alain Perez, “there was some unconstitutionality behind voting in a private Slack channel.”

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