by Bill Scher | Sep 5, 2007 | Blog
Conservatives aren't getting anywhere with their misinformation campaign against the State Children's Health Insurance Program. But there's always the ol' reliable: obstruction. CQ reports that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a routine move (requiring...
by Bill Scher | Aug 23, 2007 | Blog
Stateline reports that the National Association of State Medicaid Directors will be calling on the Bush administration to "back off its proposal" blocking states from extending health coverage to more uninsured kids. And "If the administration refuses," (or more...
by Bill Scher | Aug 20, 2007 | Blog
More local blogs are keeping tabs on the Anti-Kid Caucus. Left In The West checks up on Montana's congressman: "Classic Dennis Rehberg! Now he can say he supported CHIP, while voting against it on technicalities, and, by the way, it's extremist ideology! A little...
by Bill Scher | Apr 26, 2007 | Blog
The presidential debate led with Iraq, with much of the discussion tracking what we already heard at the MoveOn.org Town Hall. Except for former Sen. Mike Gravel, who proposed legislation "making it a felony to stay there," telling the current congresspeople on the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 3, 2007 | Blog
In the wake of yesterday's important Supreme Court ruling on climate change, we can't forget that the global warming deniers still have friends in the White House. Remember that last year, the Supreme Court told the White House to respect the Geneva Conventions. The...
