Bush’s last resort
The American Prospect
by Amanda Terkel
10/23/07
There was no shortage of chest-thumping last week at the White House. When House conservatives voted to sustain President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), White House spokeswoman Dana Perino gleefully told reporters, ‘We won this round on S-CHIP.’ Earlier in the week, Bush justified denying health insurance to four million children by claiming that vetoes show he is still ‘relevant.’ ‘That’s one way to ensure that I’m in the process,’ he said during a press conference. The media happily joined this celebration, picking up the White House’s talking points...
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=bushs_last_resort
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=S-CHIP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dana+Perino
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=health+nsurance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amanda+Terkel
by Amanda Terkel
10/23/07
There was no shortage of chest-thumping last week at the White House. When House conservatives voted to sustain President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), White House spokeswoman Dana Perino gleefully told reporters, ‘We won this round on S-CHIP.’ Earlier in the week, Bush justified denying health insurance to four million children by claiming that vetoes show he is still ‘relevant.’ ‘That’s one way to ensure that I’m in the process,’ he said during a press conference. The media happily joined this celebration, picking up the White House’s talking points...
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=bushs_last_resort
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=S-CHIP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dana+Perino
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=health+nsurance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amanda+Terkel
rudkla - 24. Okt, 17:14
