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Politics: Republicans Scrape SCHIP From Their Shoes Once Again

Virgina Republican Bob Goodlatte hates your kids — he voted so! The House failed to override President “no child left behind” Bush’s veto of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program bill — endorsing the notion that it’s better for kids to get sick than to tax cigarette smokers. 2 Democrats who should know better, voted [...]

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Politics: SCHIP Has Sailed — He Do’od It!

Trent Lott: ” I only care about your babies if they’re this big…” The man who vowed to leave no child behind as President today cut four million of them loose from health insurance by issuing a rare veto against the State Child Health Insurance Program, as expected. The simian-esque executive tried to keep a [...]

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Politics: If SCHIP is Out Bush Will Have to Shape Up

Governor Corzine does his acclaimed FDR impression… New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, no stranger to emergency health care himself, announced today that the state will file a lawsuit challenging the Bush administrations limitations on access to the SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) program for thousands of New Jersey kids. Read the whole story here [...]

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Politics: Bush Out on a Limb — Will House GOPers Follow?

Cannibal turkey? “This reminds me of that conference I had with Larry Craig…” Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has warned the White House and fellow Republicans that they are in danger of facing an even more hostile electorate if President Bush vetoes the new State Children’s Health Insurance Program bill as he is expected to do. [...]

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