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White House, MSNBC Fail To Grasp Definition of "More"

MSNBC just previewed President George W. Bush's news conference scheduled for 10:45 AM ET today. The network's White House correspondent said he'll be addressing the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and that Bush wants "more" health insurance for children....

The Health Care Debate Advances

The announcement of Sen. Hillary Clinton's health insurance plan is notable for two reasons. First, Clinton joins the other leading Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards in embracing the core element from Jacob Hacker's...

SCHIP: Our Voices Are Being Heard

This week, one million petition signatures supporting the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- thousands of which were collected by Campaign for America's Future -- were delivered to Congress by MoveOn.org and SEIU. While this massive...

A Basic Right Filibustered

Once again, a minority of Senate Republicans led by Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell blocked the ability of a bipartisan majority to move a piece a legislation, this time a bill that would allow the District’s representative in the House to have a full vote on the House...

SCHIP: Are You For Good Government or Bad Government?

The State Children's Health Insurance Program battle — soon to heat up once Bush vetoes a bipartisan compromise and attention turns to the politically tenuous House Republicans — is about two things. One, of course, is the children themselves: 6 million...

Deal Nears For Children's Health Insurance

Today's New York Times reports that a House-Senate agreement is near on a final State Children's Health Insurance Program bill. (Congressional leaders apparently were able to circumvent the obstructionist attempt to prevent a formal House-Senate conference from...

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