Senate OKs expanded Children's Health Program
By Nicole Belle Thursday Aug 02, 2007 9:01pmThe Senate passed legislation Thursday to add 3 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program in bipartisan defiance of President Bush‘s threatened veto.
It also gave Democrats, who secured a veto-proof margin, a chance to draw a stark distinction between their priorities and Bush‘s on an issue that resonates with voters.
Bush has proposed spending $5 billion to extend the program. He says the Senate‘s $35 billion expansion would balloon the decade-old program beyond its original mission of covering working poor children and would move more people toward government-run health care.
The Senate measure now must be reconciled with the House-passed $50 billion expansion, which was paid for partly by cutting government payments to Medicare health maintenance organizations.
The vote (68-31) is important to note, because Bush had threatened to veto the bill. I'm just wondering who those kid-hating 31 senators are. (h/t HK) And again, for those who disparage: would we have gotten this expansion under a Republican majority? Oh wait, I found one:
David Sirota: Rep. Danny Rehberg (R-MT): CHIP is "extremist political ideology"
:)
F to the Rist!!!
dooh!!
Frankly, I'm surprised so many Republicans voted fer this. I'll be more surprised if we don't lose two or more of them when it's time to override the veto.
kdjid @ 3:
Ya know that when ya type that much yer bound to lose.
miss_kitty has the right idea. Two strokes of the keys and enter will win it nearly evry time. ;)
White House response:
"Blah, blah, blah... socialized medicine... blah... blah... blah... big spending government program... blah... blah... blah... "Fuck The Doomed."
Oops... sorry... that last one was Nixon in the bathroom in a scene in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas... but still, it's the SAME CONSERVATIVE SENTIMENT.
Denny Rehberg as a congressperson: extremist political ideology. hopefully Montanans will vote him outta office next year. what a shrill.
Cowboy Bob in Austin @ 6:
"Fuck the Doomed" is from Where the Buffalo Roam, they never met up with Nixon in Fear and Loathing...but a Hunter quote is a Hunter quote ;)
It's just like the movie "Dave," except that the real prick is still in office.
Holeee shit! Lieberman and Stevens voted for this!! O_o
Notable Senators who voted it down: McCain, Brownback, Hagel, Inhofe, Lott, Vitter
Results
I'm sure what's more disturbing: those 31 a$$hole senators or Bruce Willis singing again.
Andy K @ 4:
It's called a deathbed conversion. They get those every six years.
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Or give up the votes to protect Bush from having to veto funding for a social program that has been shown to work. Unlike most (all?) of his endeavours of his residency.
They're America's children, Dave, and you want them in good shape.
Still, insofar as those 31 jerks may have been sticking up for my right as a smoker not to have to pay for every goddam thing in the whole country I kinda can't be that mad at them on this.
HAHAHAhaha ... 68-31
VETO THAT CHIMPBOY !!!!!
Why does George Bush HATE our children?
Can you believe he wants to veto an infratstructure improvement bill that would cost $20 billion because it would mean RAISING TAXES?? What does he think his $2 TRILLION WAR is doing to our country?
W is an ASS!!
Blue Buddha @ 10:
McLame hating children does not surprise me. It was revealed by the chimp's 2000 primary campaign that he actually ate his own black love child.
What gives the government the right to confiscate my tax dollars to pay for KILLING someone else’s children?
I just wanted to add, that, seriously, how on Earth can these Wingnuts even consider themselves "Conservative" on anything?
Bush spent what was a healthy surplus into a large deficit in less than Two years, and god knows how much debt the US will be in the time this clown finishes his term! He is a walking talking Economic disaster. Come to think of it so are his Brothers.
Conservative spending? Nope!
Conservative Government? Nope!
Conservative policy's on and in just about every single area including but not limited too, the economy, defence, foreign policy? A Big Fat NOPE!!!
Dave Fourputt @ 13:
Guess it's all about you, isn't is Dave? Selfish people like you are the poison in America's soul.
Face it, what gives THIS government the right to take our tax dollars for anything? A bunch of them were not actually elected, and the administration actually lost in both 2000 and 2004.
And to be honest, I'm surprised that Leiberman Voted to support what was a Democratic Bill.
He is, after all, Chimpboys favourite Democrat (although I would prefer he use the more appropriate and correct term of his Favourite "REPUBLICAN" )
In another century Bush would've said something like: 'I beg your pardon, sir! Oliver Twist has asked for more!'
Dave Fourputt @ 13:
Would I be correct in presuming you are a Wingnut Troll?
So, with that in mind, a couple of quick questions for our friend Dave ...
Do you believe that the poorest of the poor deserve any health care at all?
Do you believe that the HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of Dollars spent on invading Iraq was well spent? And do you believe that such a small percentage of that money (less that 1 per cent Dave!! LESS THAN 1 PER CENT !!!!!) could not be better spent (IE; on health care for the poor?)
Have you ever given to a charity or do you believe in Charity at all?
Selfish and greedy people like you are what makes this world a far less better place to live in.
Its not enough.
Ever see a politician do something so disgusting that you literally need to take a shower after reading it?
While researching the positions of North Carolina senators, an economically depressed state whose senators voted against the act, I ran across this press release from Senator Burr.
Yep, you read right. Burr voted for the "the Chimpanzee Health Improvement" before voting against the Children's Health Insurance Program. I'm so proud.
Congrats to Harry for getting this done
Just smile C&Lrs this is why 2006 matters. KEEP UP THE FIGHT. We must savor our VICTORY! :}
an odd thing that almost passed last night related to this, as linked from here is that the health coverage could have extended to a fetus......but not the mother:
go figure.
Best thing about this...
IT'S BILL CLINTON'S PROGRAM!!!
Must have KILLED some of the Repiglicans to sign on!!!
I don't hate kids, I think it is good that there is medical care for indigent children HOWEVER I do not feel that this bill should be funded by A) cutting Medicare (seniors)programs and B) partially funded by a small percentage of Americans (smokers). This bill should be funded by all Americans without cuts to vital programs.
This bill is a fore runner of the conyers bill HR 676. Bush will never sign SCHP fearing the conyers bill.
those repugs who voted for the bill will support the preznitwit on the veto override failure.
aquarius2 @ 32:
how about cutting the war in Iraq/Afghanistan, instead of attacking poor americans?!
If C&L were REAL bloggers they would have posted a list of Senators who did not support the Bill. Yes?
Just one man's opinion.
[If you were a REAL blogger, you'd start your own site just to do that. And if you could read, or operate a computer, you'd find it on Google or elsewhere on the web. No?
Just one sitemonitor's opinion-Sitemonitor]
Here is a link for 2003-2005 numbers of insured & uninsured children by state, published in March of this year. Go to page 4:
http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/shadacschip07.pdf
Overall, 11.5% of children in the USA are uninsured.
matx @ 37:
Sorry for responding to my post, but 74.5% of uninsured children in 2004-2005 lived in a household with at least one person working full-time (page 9), so those who think that insurance through employers is the answer or that these children have parents dependent on welfare--no dice.
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Time to rob the smokers. The only fair health care is universal care for all. Oh well, what do I care I don't smoke.
very sad and disgusting that there are people who deny healthcare for children. i cant even begin to imagine the selfish thoughts they have.
"kid-hating" is the new "freedom-hating"? While I agree the 31 senators voting "nay" have their priorities out of whack, I highly doubt it's because they HATE children. Let's keep that discource bar raised, now...
redratio1 @ 36:
Damn we have good sitemonitors here ;-)
The Senate passed legislation Thursday to add 3 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program in bipartisan defiance of President Bush‘s threatened veto.
I'm not sure I care for the term 'defiance.' That implies Cooter is in charge of Congress, when in fact they are co-equal employees of the people of the United States.
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http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm...
the voters, the details, the open answer to your question: those 31--who are they?