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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 05:11 PM
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32. Oh. I thought you were gonna show me where she did something that
we sent them to do last November.

But about SChip and Nancy:

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On October 3, 2007, President Bush vetoed H.R. 976, a bipartisan bill passed by Congress that would have expanded the program by $35 billion.<9> The veto was the fourth of his administration.<2> This proposal would have increased coverage to over 4 million more participants by 2012, and also would have phased out most state expansions in the program that include any adults other than pregnant women. Despite claims that it also would have increased the eligibility from couples earning up to 200% of the federal poverty level to couples earning 300% of the federal poverty level <10> <11>, FactCheck.org has noted that this eligibility was already possible under the old program and is not required by the new bill. <12> The expansion of the SCHIP program was to have been funded by an over one hundred percent increases in cigarette and cigar taxes, coming to an increase of 61 cents per pack of cigarettes nationwide. <13> While the original Democratic proposal has been already compromised by cutting the program originally proposed in order to get the Republican votes to pass it, Bush has asked for further compromise on the program. Senator Reid, the Senate majority leader, has indicated that there will be no further compromise. President Bush vetoed the bill because he believed the bill would "federalize health care", expanding the scope of SCHIP much farther than its original intent.<2><14> After his veto, Bush said he was open to a compromise that would entail more than the $5 billion he originally budgeted, but would not drastically expand the number of children eligible for coverage.<15> Democratic leaders have delayed a vote to override the veto until October 18, in hopes that grassroots, television, and radio publicity will persuade fifteen Republicans to cross party lines to override the veto.<2>

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What about Nancy?

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