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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/14/2009
With No Bush Veto Threat, Six Republicans Switch From 'No' to 'Yes' on SCHIP
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The House just passed a $33 billion reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, a.k.a. SCHIP, the legislation that Democrats tried in vain to expand last year only to meet with two vetoes from George Bush. But now that Bush is gone, and there's no more ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/13/2009
Obama Issues First Veto Threat
— huffingtonpost.com — President-elect Barack Obama made his first veto threat Tuesday in a closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats. Obama... told his former colleagues that if Congress passes a resolution blocking release of the second half of the financial bailout funds he ... (more) Obama Issues First Veto Threat

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Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/15/2009
Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?
— fivethirtyeight.com — Congress actually, like, voted on something today. In fact, it was a fairly high-profile measure, the State... Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP, which may be familiar to you as the measure that Hillary Clinton often claimed credit for during ... (more) Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?

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Obama issues veto threat, senators say
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/13/2009
Obama issues veto threat, senators say
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Obama met with Senate Democrats on the Hill Tuesday (Getty Images) (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama tried... to convince Senate Democrats to get behind his plan for the second half of the $700 billion bailout, warning he would veto a threatened ... (more) Obama issues veto threat, senators say

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House easily passes S-CHIP
Political Animal — ... , but I'd note two groups of people of particular interest. There were six House Republicans -- Rodney Frelinghuysen (N.J.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Mike Rogers (Ala.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), and Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.) -- who voted for the bill, after having opposed it in the last Congress. Elana Schor asks , "What happened, guys? Was it Obama's post-partisan outreach that did it for you?" On the flip-side, there were only two Democrats who broke party ranks and voted with the Republicans in opposition to the bill -- Reps. Bobby Bright of ...

Rep. McCotter Votes For SCHIP, Loses His Soul
Think Progress — ... This time, SCHIP advocates were joined by six Republicans who had voted against the bill last year. Interestingly, one of those lawmakers was ...

Rep. McCotter Votes For SCHIP, Loses His ?Soul?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... , including legal immigrant children and pregnant women, who currently must wait five years before becoming eligible for the program.” President Bush blocked a similar piece of legislation in 2007, backed by conservatives who complained that the measure was too expensive. This time, SCHIP advocates were joined by six Republicans who had voted against the bill last year. Interestingly, one of those lawmakers was ...

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