Minnesota’s most outspoken member of Congress, Republican Michele Bachmann, took to the House floor Monday evening to lambaste Democrats on everything from gay marriage and abortion to taxes, immigration and Mountain Dew. At one point she said the State…
An expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) passed the U.S. House on Wednesday adding 4 million more children to the program for a total of 11 million otherwise uninsured children receiving the benefit. The majority of…
The House of Representatives narrowly failed to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. Minnesota’s delegation strongly supported the override, but the vote failed, 273-156. The vote required 286 votes, or…
Rep. Michele Bachmann is asking media outlets to pull ads critical of her vote against the expanded State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The requests come from the Bachmann campaign through the offices of the National…
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday on a vote of 265-159, with one “present” vote and eight congresspeople not voting.
The bill reauthorizes and expands the SCHIP program above and…
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