by Eric Lotke | Sep 27, 2007 | Blog
What a difference a year makes. The Republican-controlled 109th Congress doubled student interest rates and cut $12 billion out of student aid. The new Democratic 110th Congress has cut the student interest rates and put $20 billion into aid programs. The money comes...
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2007 | Blog
Conservatives are continuing to sweat. They clearly realize that they have failed to sell their misinformation about the proposed expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Now, panicked that voters will remember on Election Day who stood for kids and...
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2007 | Blog
The morning after 159 congresspeople voted against the people's will, and sought to deny more health insurance for kids, might they be feeling any regrets? Time Magazine blogger Karen Tumulty writes: Democrats have been handed what could be a powerful issue going into...
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2007 | Blog
The House passed the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program last night, 265-159. 40 Republicans and four Democrats -- who last month voted against healthy kids -- now felt the pressure, recognized that the conservative misinformation campaign was a...
by Bill Scher | Sep 25, 2007 | Blog
The House floor debate over the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program is underway. (All the live action is on C-Span.) And conservatives looking to block the expansion don't seem to have any actual arguments against the program. Instead, they're...
by Bill Scher | Sep 25, 2007 | Blog
With the House vote on expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program expected later today, bloggers are rising up and putting heat on wavering congresspeople. FireDogLake: Having worked with at risk children in abuse and neglect cases, I can tell you first...
