SCHIP Round 2...here we go again

[Cigarmark]

[SIZE=4]Congress begins Round Two on SCHIP Proposal[/SIZE]
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Industry continues to work for compromised tax provision

October 25, 2007

[SIZE=3]Congressional Democrats are currently working on legislation to reintroduce the SCHIP legislation. This proposed legislation will be nearly identical to the previously failed proposal, HR976. Attempting to appease moderate Republicans, only minor revisions have been made to the eligibility requirements. The tobacco tax proposals, including the excessive taxation on handmade cigars, will remain in the legislation. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]IPCPR's federal lobbyists feel that with no substantial changes to this second SCHIP proposal, the president will again veto the legislation (if and when it passes both the House of Representatives and the Senate), and the veto will withstand a second attempt at an override by the House-not enough moderate Republicans will not be swayed to vote in favor of an override due to such minimal changes.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Progress has been made in demonstrating on Capitol Hill that the current proposal will prove detrimental to our industry and we continue working for a compromise. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]As this is a sensitive issue, when the timing is appropriate, IPCPR will initiate a new Federal Action Alert through the Legislative Action Center.
Chris McCalla
Legislative Director
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[RHNewfie]

Sigh...

[BarneyBandMan]

I really see no end to it until the Executive Branch is occupied by the same party as the House and Senate. Then we're !!

[BlueHavanaII]

FYI... this is on the House Floor now (C-SPAN).

[macjoe53]

Here's a link to the article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/...ldren_s_health

[kjjm4]

Originally Posted by BarneyBandMan

I really see no end to it until the Executive Branch is occupied by the same party as the House and Senate. Then we're !!

That's probably true. They Democrats probably won't budge an inch in the meantime, and the kids that were relying on SCHIP will get the shaft, unless the states pick up the tab somehow.

[Bob]

I may just go to rolling my own!!

[macjoe53]

Democrats ramrodded another version of the bill through again. Nice of them to not give the Republicans time to even read the bill before bringing it to a vote.

[kjjm4]

The Dems ramrodding probably helped our cause, assuming that the Republicans weren't dumb enough to vote for it without reading it. It's quite disenheartening to me that any of the reps on either side were willing to vote for a piece of legislation they didn't have time to read and comprehend.

[macjoe53]

The democrats who voted for it, all of them by the way, did what their party chairman said to do.

There were 46 republicans who also voted for it but even if they had voted against the bill it would have still passed.

[NCcutter]

If the Founding Fathers were here to see how our personal freedoms are being eroded, and how the Constitution is being misused, or not used at all, there WOULD be another Civil War.

IMHO, everytime a piece of legislation passes that makes us less and less free, we disrespect every serviceman/woman who has ever fought and died for freedom and for this great country.

Sorry to rant. I'm new here, but this kinda stuff really pisses me off.

[kjjm4]

They didn't get a veto proof margin this time either: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/...ote/index.html

Bush is going to veto it again. Ready for round 3?

[Lanthor]

My taxes go to pay these idiots? Unreal.

[c2000]

Hey this is politics it doesn't matter to these people if the legislation passes or not its an opportunity for the democrats to bash Bush and the republicans for not caring about children. They won't let this go without alot more sound bites about the poor poor children.. Next year when Hillary gets in the tables will turn and she won't be able to do anything right and everything will be her fault.

Jerry in Minnesota.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by c2000

Hey this is politics it doesn't matter to these people if the legislation passes or not its an opportunity for the democrats to bash Bush and the republicans for not caring about children. They won't let this go without alot more sound bites about the poor poor children.. Next year when Hillary gets in the tables will turn and she won't be able to do anything right and everything will be her fault.

Jerry in Minnesota.

Looks like a shoo-in for a female President...Follow the MONEY!!o