Posted on 01/22/2018 11:36:35 AM PST by VegasVictor
Either Democrats don’t believe their own rhetoric or they want children to die.
That’s the state of American politics with a government shutdown looming as of this writing. On Thursday, the House passed a temporary spending measure and six years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Although Republicans have a 51-49 majority in the upper chamber, Senate rules require a spending bill to get 60 votes. This gives Democrats the power to force a shutdown. Democrats are holding out for protections for illegals brought to the United States as children.
Almost every House Democrat, including Rep. Jacky Rosen, now running for the Senate, voted against the funding bill for the same reason. This means that Rosen prioritized illegal aliens over health insurance for American children. For months, the left has told the public that CHIP is all that stands between parents and dead babies — “literally.”
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CHIP = Parents = Children’s health insurance program
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