When all the votes were in Thursday, the House was 13 short of the two-thirds majority necessary to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program expansion. The president deserves no credit for twisting the truth about the bill to justify his opposition. But the failure to override demonstrates the founders’ empowerment of the presidency, even when it’s held by someone with approval ratings in the low 30s. Now, lawmakers need to get busy on an SCHIP compromise.
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Approval ratings in th low 30’s . . . heeee heee . . . good one, Rhonda.
Zogby has him at 24 and Harris at 27.
Nixon was higher when he resigned.
RepubliCONs lost interest in helping kids when they could no longer chain them to looms . . .
The Democrats should simply attach the very same bill to the war spending bill Bush wants so badly. Let’s see $200 billion for war in Iraq of which a portion goes to give Iraqis FREE health care and $35 billion to give American children health care for 5 years. Let him explain that veto. While he ain’t running again, his party is.
This is going to get a whole lot more interesting as we get closer to the elections. It’s unbelievable that Bush would hand Democrats a score like this. Republicans running for re-election are going to get beat to death for “screwing the Children” (no pun intended).
The GOP needs to take the initiative on this issue and offer a compromise that everyone can live with. This shouldn’t be about politics. It should be about what’s best for children.
Kev — Excellent approach. Now, how about sending an email to your Congressional representatives and say that to them.
Great idea – attach SCHIP to Bush’s “More money for Iraq” spending bill.
Fantastic!
No. No compromise. We’ll wait till we’re in power.
p-mom! It has to be funded or it will expire soon.
Your kids will then be without health care unless you qualify for Medicaid.
I guess that’s what will have to happen.
Good catch Capn, I caught that too.
Rhonda dear? Get yourself an air compressor. You’ll wear yourself out trying to pump up bush with that old tired pump.
Low 30’s Ha!
Compromise? Why?
The GOP is EAGER to embrace the motto “suffer the little children” I say ley ‘em.
We’ll repair the damage and get a whole lot more done when the GOP is marginalized out of relevance where they belong.
I love it when it turns out like I predict er… guess. The inevitable compromise will show the dispute was not over the program itself but over the amount of the increase. Dems make a few points for wanting to provide more (with taxpayers money) and the president makes his for appearing to be trying to hold the line on spending. Off we go.
No leaders in either party. This is a GOP program from 1997 that Howdy Doody when he was governor of Texas, applauded the program.
If the big issue was the amount of spending increase, someone GOP or Dem or the White House shuld have stepped up and said 35 billion is too much, here’s a good alternative. Instead of multiplying it by 5, maybe 2 or 3 would have been adequate to account for inflation and population increase. But no our pols are to be busy stroking their own egos, and each others dicks to govern effectively …
Dump all 435 of em next time around -
Actually, Ken, the bill had already been revised, but the 13 that voted against (and Bush) still weren’t happy with it.
There will be a new, revised bill passed. Neither party can let this die, politically.
Rox – thanks
Still — dump em all
the president makes his for appearing to be trying to hold the line on spending. Off we go.
Posted by: outlander | October 19, 2007 at 08:41 AM
Suddenly Bush becomes a fiscal conservative? Whatever
Compromise – but give VERY LITTLE. Then work on peeling away enough Republicans to override a veto.
The only compromise is that $35 billion should be cut from war funding and diverted to the program. That way Bush won’t have to whine about not having the money. Bush has no problem advocating money to slaughter hundreds of thousands of people and enriching his corporate cronies, but when it comes to caring for children and the poor he suddenly becomes a fiscal conservative. 76% of America isn’t buying his lies.
Good point, Doug. The SCHIPS bill is to cover the next 5 years. How many times in the past 4 years has Bush come to Congress, asking for more and more money for the war? Once a year? Twice a year? Sorry, I lost count.
Ken,
I’d love to dumb ‘em all.
rox – do you mean dumP ‘em all? They are already plenty dumB.
LOL Ben!
You’re right, of course. They’re already dumb enough. After all, they think we swallow all their bs.
Hey ken, it was Bill “stain on the dress” Clinton that signed SCHIP’s into law.
As I said in the other SCHIP’s thread, if the Dems were so concerned about children, why didn’t they make it a 100 billion dollar increase and increase the tax on all alcohol products ten fold to cover the needed revenue.
Kansas – “This is a GOP program from 1997 that Howdy Doody when he was governor of Texas, applauded the program.”
Pretty obvious that ken was referring to the GOP Congress at the time since BushDaBum was gov of Texas. Obviously President Clinton signed it into law.
Maybe they could attach an amendment reaffirming their commitment to fight terrorism. Then when Republicans vote against it we can ask why they don’t want to fight terrorism.
Good for the goose…
“if the Dems were so concerned about children, why didn’t they make it a 100 billion dollar increase”
Because they don’t want to spend like Republicans?
“if the Dems were so concerned about children, why didn’t they make it a 100 billion dollar increase”
And maybe because they compromised with the Repukes already.
He has also issued a threat to veto the renewal of the Community Policing Program which pays grants to local and state police departments to buy capital items such as better radio and dispatch communications systems, equipment and cars including bullet resistant vest.