Senate OKs wider kids' health program

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/2/07 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Creeping socialism is at full gallop in the Senate and quite a few on the right side of the aisle support its continued growth, it appears.

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Senate Roll Call: Children's Insurance

vote tote below.

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The 68-31 vote Thursday by which the Senate added 3 million lower-income children to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

On this vote, a “yes” vote was a vote to pass the measure.

Voting “yes” were 48 Democrats and 18 Republicans and 2 independents.

Voting “no” were 31 Republicans.

Alabama

Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.

Alaska

Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) No.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.

Colorado

Allard (R) No; Salazar (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.

Delaware

Biden (D) Yes; Carper (D) Yes.

Florida

Martinez (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) No; Isakson (R) No.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho

Craig (R) No; Crapo (R) No.

Illinois

Durbin (D) Yes; Obama (D) Yes.

Indiana

Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Yes.

Kansas

Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.

Maine

Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland

Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) Yes; Kerry (D) Yes.

Michigan

Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.

Minnesota

Coleman (R) Yes; Klobuchar (D) Yes.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) No; Lott (R) No.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) Yes.

Montana

Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.

Nebraska

Hagel (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) No; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York

Clinton (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.

North Carolina

Burr (R) No; Dole (R) No.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio

Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) No.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) No.

Oregon

Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.

Pennsylvania

Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island

Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) No.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) Not Voting; Thune (R) No.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) Yes; Corker (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.

Virginia

Warner (R) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming

Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.

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Senate OKs wider kids’ health program

Wider is code for FAT!

[Texas_Jarhead]

Is this the bill that defines “kids” as people up to age 24?

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"It's moderate, it's bipartisan, it helps low-income kids. ... It's"

MARXIST!

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SCHIP vote

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Through federal waivers, the program has expanded in many states to include middle-income children and adults. That has led Republicans to argue that it has become a backdoor way to extend government-provided health care to an increasing number of people.

[VeniVidiVici]

Does the Democrat Snate version of the bill allow the children of illegal aliens to get free health care like the Democrat House version does?

[Nam Vet]

I see that idiot Smith (RINO-OR) voted for it. Gonna have to go to his office next week and let him know I don't go for socialism lite from someone I voted for. I hear there's going to be a rolicking campaign for his seat this time around. Just when you need committed supporters to work their hearts out for your re-election is an ideal time to stab them with this kind of antic.

Nam Vet

[torchthemummy]

Can anyone tell me what the tax increase on cigarettes is going to be?

[annelizly]

apparently QUITE A BIT!

[NormsRevenge]

not sure, I had heard as much as up to a buck, don’t quote me tho.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Hmmm. I would think “wider kids” would be less healthy. Why would the government want a “wider kids” health program?

[NormsRevenge]

It'd probably be cheaper to have Shaq put a program together for wider kids. ;-)

[hcd707]

Can anyone tell me what the tax increase on cigarettes is going to be?

LA Times:

Under the Senate plan, smokers would foot the bill for covering an additional 3 million children: The federal cigarette tax would jump from 39 cents a pack to $1, and the tax would reach $10 for luxury cigars with a wholesale price of $19 or more apiece.

[BenLurkin]

Exactly.

And it used to be that the Republicans were only “go slow socialists”.

[hcd707]

The health program is designed to subsidize the cost of insurance for children whose families earn too much to participate in Medicaid, but not enough to afford private health insurance.

That's what this is "designed" for, but in reality what will happen is, millions of middle-income people who already have private health insurance will drop it for the subsidized (read: taxpayer-funded) handout. And the road to socialized healthcare rolls on......

[DoughtyOne]

Bush has proposed spending $5 billion to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program. He says the Senate's $35 billion expansion would balloon the decade-old program beyond its original mission of covering working poor children and would move more people toward government-run health care.

And what would a Medicare medication enhancement program do?

This reasoning sounds as if it was some reporter's substitute explanation. I'm not convinced this administration is all that opposed to a government run healthcare program.

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As an Illinoisan, I know how my malevolent Senators voted.