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Clinton, Obama Both
Inflate Senate Records

From laws to peace deals, candidates' roles appear to grow in hindsight

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama didn’t take part in meetings on immigration legislation in 2006, recalls Arlen Specter, one of the handful of senators who did, but Specter just shrugs when the Illinois Democrat says he did. “It’s not an unusual matter for senators to take a little extra credit,” Specter says—and both Obama and Hillary Clinton have taken liberal helpings so far, the Washington Post reports. More »

Experts Doubt Clinton Claims on Kids' Health Care Legislation

Friends, foes dispute first lady's role

Boston Globe Boston Globe Mar 14, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legislators and advocates are disputing a key element of Hillary Clinton's stump speech: her description of her role in creating children’s health care legislation passed in 1997. The then-first lady often calls SCHIP an initiative “I helped to start,” the Boston Globe reports, but the White House lobbied against it at first, and some insiders are steaming over ads saying she "helped create" the program. More »

More about:  Hillary Clinton • Ted Kennedy • children's health care • SCHIP

Bush Vetoes Kids' Health
Bill Again

SCHIP expansion remains too pricey, president says

New York Times New York Times Dec 12, 07 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush today vetoed for the second time expansion of a federal program that provides health insurance to poor and middle-class children, the New York Times reports. Bush called the proposed overhaul fiscally irresponsible, because it would cover too many undeserving recipients and raise taxes. Democrats will now try to push through a one-year extension of the bill at its current funding. More »

Congress Aims to Snuff Out Smoking

Lawmakers work on
tax hike against weakened industry

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 10, 07 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - With the influence of Big Tobacco on the wane, Congress is poised to strike, the AP says. House and Senate negotiators continue work on a plan calling for a hefty federal tax hike on cigarettes, and several other anti-smoking initiatives are in the pipeline. Meanwhile, the once-powerful lobbying arm of the industry remains largely silent, the AP notes. More »

More about:  Congress • cigarettes • tobacco companies • SCHIP

Kids' Health Insurance Bill Stalls Again

House Dems fail to capture votes needed to foil Bush veto of popular measure

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 26, 07 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats' plans to expand a children's health insurance program hit a brick wall again yesterday when they failed to attract the Republican votes necessary to override a presidential veto, reports the Washington Post . The final vote on a reworked $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was 265-142, more than a dozen votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to defeat a veto. More »

War Has Just Begun on Kids Health Care

Vote will be replayed in campaign ads, frame debate: Salon

Salon Salon Oct 20, 07 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the vote to override President Bush's veto of a children's health insurance bill failed in the House this week, it marked a campaign watershed, Salon 's Walter Shapiro writes, predicting that it will be replayed endlessly in attack ads as congressional races heat up. The lines are drawn: Democrats will frame the issue as saving kids vs. saving money. Republicans will champion fiscal restraint: covering only the poorest children. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • children • children's health care • SCHIP

Congressman Draws Fire for Sniping at Bush

Calif. lawmaker refuses to back off jab about 'president's amusement'

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 19, 07 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Pete Stark introduced President Bush's foreign policy into yesterday's SCHIP debate, setting off a raging controversy. The California Democrat’s reference to "kids" going to war to "get their heads blown off for the president's amusement" enraged some and inspired others. House Republicans called the speech “an outrageous and delusional tantrum,” the Washington Post reports. More »

More about:  Iraq • George W. Bush • Congress • John Boehner • SCHIP • Joe Barton • Pete Stark

White House Ready to Deal on Kids' Health

Leavitt says he'll work with Democrats
on insurance bill

Associated Press Associated Press Oct 7, 07 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House will work with Democrats toward a compromise on children's health insurance, Health Secretary Michael Leavitt said today. "If it takes more money, we'll put it up," he said, though he didn't specify how much. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is trying to get the 14 GOP votes the House needs to override Bush's veto of the bill, the AP reports. More »

Bush Vetoes Child Health Bill

Plan has two-thirds majority in Senate, but not in House

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Oct 3, 07 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today struck down a bipartisan compromise to expand a federal initiative providing care for children whose parents can’t afford it, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bush called the bill too costly, and said he would rather renew the current plan for five years; Democrats are unenthused, and said they will pursue winning enough House votes to override the veto. More »

Why Small Government
Has Collapsed

Prospect writer says Dems can drown movement in bathtub

American Prospect Aug 8, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have never been so well positioned to sell big-government liberalism—as the other side looks pathetically out of step with Americans’ desires to expand health care and bolster infrastructure, says the American Prospect ’s Paul Waldman. After the Minnesota bridge collapse, the public is ready for the party that says “we’re all in it together” rather than “we’re all on our own.” More »

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