"Some of the nation's worst sex offenders will no longer receive generous financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress," the Associated Press reports. "A little-noticed provision approved by the House and Senate on Thursday makes those offenders ineligible for Pell Grants starting July 1, 2009. President Bush is expected to sign it into law as part of a broader higher education bill. 'Today, the most insane wasteful spending program in America comes to an end,' Rep. Ric Keller, a Florida Republican, said on the House floor on Thursday before his plan won approval. Keller cited the AP report that some of the offenders were putting the financial aid to questionable use by buying clothes, DVD players and music CDS - sometimes after they dropped their classes."