chicagotribune.com - 2/5/2009
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday to expand publicly funded health insurance for children, marking a historic shift in Washington's political landscape and providing the White House its biggest victory since Obama took office. Less than 18 months ago, President ...
reuters.com - 2/4/2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday
signed a law expanding a health program to include...
3.5 million uninsured children, advancing an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system despite the embarrassing withdrawal of his nominee to ...
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Obama signs children's healthcare bill
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blogs.abcnews.com - 2/5/2009
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"All right," President Obama said to the assembled
jubilant masses in the East Room of the White...
House today. "Please, everybody have a seat," he told the rejoicing crowd. "This is good," he said to the group, which fully well...
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Obama Signs SCHIP
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The Millionaire Good-Ol'-Boys Club, and ... Obama breaks another promise
Wizbang —
... is reporting: Obama scheduled a bill signing for 4:35 p.m. Wednesday, even though the House has yet to vote on the legislation expanding a children's health insurance program. The legislation is expected to win final approval only hours before the president will make it law. ( The SCHIP expansion passed the House today and was signed by the President - ed. ) [...] Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act only two days after it received final passage last week, and it wasn't posted on the White House website until after it became law. But don't worry. The White House ...
SCHIP Blues
Uncommon Misconceptions —
... I was thinking of writing something about Obama’s signing of the $33 billion SCHIP bill, and how:
The children’s health bill was an early benchmark in the planned Democratic campaign to reshape the nation’s health-care system over the next two years.
But it’s just too depressing. The Dems went through the Republicans like tissue paper, getting this signed only 2 weeks after the inauguration. I hope they can put up a better fight with other parts of the health care reform (which will be rendered unnecessary by ...
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From NBC's Athena Jones WASHINGTON -- President Obama signed his second major piece of legislation into law Wednesday, calling the bill that expands health-care coverage for children a downpayment on reform.
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