House Republicans Kill Children’s Health Bill

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AFL-CIO Blog

by Mike Hall, Jan 23, 2008

President Bush got his wish today to deny health care coverage to millions of uninsured children when the House failed to override (260-152) his veto of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). A two-thirds majority is needed to override a veto; today’s vote fell about 15 votes short.

The vetoed bill would have provided affordable quality health coverage for 10 million mostly low-income children—the 6 million already enrolled plus an additional 4 million who would have been eligible.

Says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney:

It is hard to believe in this weakening economy that anyone could justify denying working people the means to take care of their children’s most basic needs.


By voting against health insurance for children, the president and a few partisan members of Congress are making life even harder for the millions of families who are already struggling to pay the mortgage, the rent, the heat or any number of household bills as they pile up.


Read more: http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/23/house-republicans-kill-childrens-health-bill/

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[dbackjon]

1. Scumbags that don't have to worry about their children's insurance

[shaniqua6392]

2. We need a Dem in the White House so badly.

I don't care which one it is any more. I wish George would leave early. Hasn't he done enough damage already?

[Orsino]

15. We need so much more so badly.

Not vetoing the weak, watered-down legislation that reaches the White House isn't enough. We need real progressive bills to pass Congress.

[fasttense]

3. The headline said it all - House Republicans Kill Children, n/t

[pleah]

4. Oil, money and power trump life.

[CTyankee]

5. That vote needs to be stuffed down the throat of every Republican

running in every primary. Ask these bastards if they supported what Congress just did! Get them on the record and then blast the hell out of them in the media and direct mail.

I was going to add something about rotting in hell, but I know that's bad karma, so I won't...

[IronLionZion]

6. Name one Democratic presidential candidate who would veto the things Bush has vetoed.

Yes, so this November how's about we put strengthen our majorities and put a Dem in the white house? Any Dem will do.

A lot of children will die as we hang around attacking each other and waiting for that one mythical "pure" candidate to come out of the depths of our imaginations to save the world. In the meantime, let's just put some Dem in the white house.

[kimmylavin]

7. Of course they do.

This is all a playground game, and people's lives are at stake.
What justification could these assholes POSSIBLY have for voting this down???

[Malva Zebrina]

8. What the hell is going on?

260-152?

Sorry, my question is: this is our Democratic party?

260-152?

Something is rotten in the state of the union and the state of our congress.

Time to take a real hard look at this party of the people. Time to question it.

How sad. A man who lied 935 times to the people, is now still running congress.

I ask, How come?

[onenote]

9. I'm sorry, but why are you blaming the Democrats for this?

Exactly one Democrat voted to sustain chimpy's veto.

[OzarkDem]

24. GOP as popular as herpes and can't raise money

If Dems in Congress were real leaders they'd not only have some of the GOP members overturning Bush's veto, but converting to the Dem party as well.

Dem leadership either has zero leadership skills or doesn't want to override either. Take your pick.

[Henryman]

10. I don't get your questions about the Democratic Party....

The vote fell about 15 votes short of over-riding the veto.
There was only one Democratic "Nay" and 13 "no votes". (Which is still too many.)
The vote was almost exclusively along party lines.

[w8liftinglady]

18. who was the ONE dem who voted against it?

[bkcc]

11. Culture of life, my ass.

Douchebags.

[LeFleur1]

12. Right to Life?

Republicans love fertilized eggs, but human children? Not so much.

[jamesinca]

26. You din't know

Life ends at birth, try to keep up:)

[fascisthunter]

13. Evil Scumbags.... Republican Party

[gratuitous]

14. Make 'em kill it again next month

And the month after that, and the month after that, and every month until the election. The political ads will write themselves as long as the Republicans keep up their nerve. And if they finally cave, then the ads about how the Democrats triumphed will be the new text of the ads.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

16. Right this needs to be a hugh anchor on every puke's ass running for reelection, keep the heat on.

[OzarkDem]

25. Guess they'll have to cave all by themselves

Our valiant Dems in Congress aren't doing much to persuade them.

[aquart]

17. Tell me again how the parties are alike,

[truthisfreedom]

19. Nicely worded. "Kill Children..."

[NikolaC]

20. Why Should They Worry

or give a damn? They have the best health insurance that the American taxpayer could give them, plus a new wonderful raise that they voted for themselves to boot. Evil has no boundaries with these "people". Hopefully, their constituents will find out about this vote and bounce their asses out of office.

[ConcernedCanuk]

21. "No Child Left Behind" eh, George?

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"The vetoed bill would have provided affordable quality health coverage for 10 million mostly low-income children—the 6 million already enrolled plus an additional 4 million who would have been eligible."

Sorry

I forgot

You got a whole lot on your mind with all the genocide ya got going in the Middle East.

A little "collateral damage" on your doorstep is worth it,

Right?

[annabanana]

22. I'm glad that was the headline. . .I'm pissed it wasn't on NBC, CBS, ABC etc

It should have been the headline everywhere...

[onehandle]

23. Say it LOUD!

REPUBLICANS Kill Children’s Health Bill.

[Laelth]

27. THIS is class warfare.

After all, a sick, frightened, and demoralized people are so much easier to govern (i.e. control).

See Sicko. It's plain as day. The oligarchy wants to keep the people sick and frightened (terra, terra) because it allows them to continue to exploit the masses for massive profit.

It is indeed sickening.

:dem:

-Laelth

[scarface2004]

28. they re not called evil gop bastards for nuthin'!

assholes!

[Vinca]

29. These same people demand every embryo come to term . . .

and if the resulting child happens to die a slow, agonizing death because of no healthcare, it's of no real concern to the Republicans. I hereby pledge to go to the polls and vote for whoever is the Democratic candidate.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

30. * and Repugs even screw over kids...how tasteless.

Nice "family values" you've got there, guys. :sarcasm: