by Bill Scher | Oct 18, 2007 | Blog
The National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez has an odd threshold for outrage. A couple years ago, after Mel Gibson made remarks denying the magnitude of the Holocaust, she said, "I give the guy the benefit of the doubt." But when our own Roger Hickey said, "One hundred...
by Roger Hickey | Oct 18, 2007 | Blog
One hundred and fifty-six House Members declared themselves enemies of children and families with this vote. Ignoring the will of the people, a conservative minority in the House sustained the president's veto and denied nearly 5 million children access to health...
by Bill Scher | Oct 18, 2007 | Blog
The House just voted 273 to 156 to override Bush's veto of children's health insurance, 13 votes short of the needed two-thirds majority. Once again, the conservative minority in Washington has obstructed the public will. While congressional leaders were able to...
by Bill Scher | Oct 18, 2007 | Blog
The House has begun to debate the State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion, with the vote whether to override Bush's veto expected to happen later today. (All the action at C-span.org.) With the help of the Bush Dog campaign, most of the conservative...
by Bill Scher | Oct 17, 2007 | Blog
To turn the public against expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, conservatives tried to spread misinformation, intimidate kids and their parents, and make bizarre attempts at humor. None of it has worked. A new poll and analysis from the Kaiser...
by Bill Scher | Oct 16, 2007 | Blog
Last week, I hoped for "More Conservative Honesty" when talking about children's health insurance. And today we got it. ThinkProgress today reports on the latest conservative attack on a SCHIP family. This time, it's the Wilkersons. Refusing to be intimidated by the...
