SCHIP reaction
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- October
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As one might expect, President Bush’s veto this morning of the bill expanding the State Children’s Health Program or SCHIP, has angered local members of Congress.
“This veto is indefensible, especially for a president who calls himself a compassionate conservative,â€? said Rep. Nita Lowey said in a statement. The Harrison Democrat had previously vowed to rally New York’s Congressional delegation to support both the federal legislation and Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plans to expand the state’s version of the program  Child Health Plus.
“The children’s health bill that President Bush vetoed would have provided ten million children with access to necessary care,” Lowey said. “It is morally and fiscally responsible, and it has the support of a broad, bipartisan majority in Congress, 43 governors, and the American public. Congress has a responsibility to override this veto.â€?
Rep. Eliot Engel, a Bronx Democrat, called the veto “a disgrace, a shameful disgrace.”
In a statement sent to the House, Bush said he issued the veto “because this legislation would move health care in this country in the wrong direction.� He argued that it would have provided coverage to children from wealthier families and would have displaced private insurance for many.
Democrats, including New York’s two senators, disagreed.
“With the stroke of a pen, President Bush has robbed nearly four million uninsured children of the chance for a healthy start in life and the health coverage they need but can’t afford,” Sen. Hillary Clinton said in a statement. “These children are invisible to this president, but they aren’t invisible to the American people or to the overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress – and they aren’t invisible to me.”
Sen. Charles Schumer said: “It’s impossible to compromise with this President when his only stated proposal would cut a million kids from the program. We have no choice but to try to override his veto. The Senate already has the votes to do it, so it is now up to the holdouts in the House to decide whether to vote their conscience or join the President in putting ideology above kids.�
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on this one i think the president made a mistake
and threw the baby out with the bathwater…if he
wasn’t spending a billion on Iraq he wouldn’t
have to worry about wasting a little money
that war is wasting plenty in blood and treasure
and I am one republican who is not a subscriber
to the neo con view of the world
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So much for free speech. Above covers just about everything I would like to say to President Bush!
Consultant, Sorry, but I think you
are wrong on this one. Bush’s reasons
for a veto are strong and valid.
Didn’t know you were in favor of socialized
medicine, and for people earning 80K to have
their kids get freebies.
Where is the money coming from for this
Big Nanny Govt. idea? Mmmm….let’s guess.
Consultant,
Where will you be when the fiancial SCHIP hits the fan?