Senate passes CHIP expansion
Aug 4th, 2007 at 9:56 am by Dr. S
And by a veto-proof majority, to boot.
The vote was 68-31. Does anyone care to guess the party affiliation of every single senator who voted against expanding children’s access to health care?
To see the list of amoral swine who voted against the measure, click here. Then print it out for easy reference next time you’re in a voting booth.
It’s interesting that negotiations over FISA expansion broke down right around the time this measure passed. Makes you wonder if Congress was offering to let George get his jollies listening to our phone calls and reading our e-mail if he agreed not to block children’s access to health care. But with the measure passing by such a wide margin, perhaps they told Bush what he can do with his veto threat.
I thought that the house bill passed by a non-veto proof majority.
If that’s the case, then the veto is still a real threat.
I don’t mean to gloat, but I am so happy I live in California. I rarely have to write anything but “thank you” emails to my reps.
Oops. I forgot about our guv. Nevermind.