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Republicans Hold Children's Health Care Hostage
This post, written by Cliff Schecter, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Blog
The SCHIP reauthorization, which provides funding for health care for needy and sick children, passed the House by a 265 to 159 vote yesterday.
The problem is that if my math skills are still with me, 291 votes will be needed to overcome President Compassionate Conservative's veto so more kids can die due to lack of vaccinations and such.
I frankly don't think anyone voting against this can call themselves a human being. But the six Democrats who voted against it (surprise, surprise, the same six who have voted to gut the Constitution, support torture, support stayin in Iraq until 2079, etc.) should literally, and I mean it, be thrown out of the party.
We don't need them. And I am not one who has been part of the Bush Dog Democrat hunt for the most part, as I look at the Dems overall as that much better than the GOP. But these six are simply disgraceful human beings.
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