Posted on 10/20/2007 5:43:28 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says a bill that provides federal money to states for health care coverage for uninsured children could come up for a vote in the Senate today or tomorrow . President Bush is threatening to veto the bill, and Harkin a Democrat says he can't understand why.
Harkin says the bill is "overwhelmingly bipartisan, and credits fellow Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley with coming up with a compromise bill. "Unfortunately the president has rejected appeals from Senator Grassley and others to reconsider his veto," Harkin says, "Bush seems to be locked into a rigid ideological position on children's health insurance. The same kind of ideological driven thinking that got us into Iraq."
Harkin isn't sure the bill could survive a veto. He says the Senate would likely have the votes to override a veto, but there probably wouldn't be enough votes in the House. Iowa Congressman Steve King, a Republican, was the only member of the Iowa House delegation to vote against the bill.
Harkin says he hasn't spoken to King, but heard King was opposed because the bill would provide benefits to children of illegal immigrants. "I don't know where he got that information, because this is forbidden under current law, that's illegal." Harkin says, "the bill clearly stipulates that federal money cannot be used to provide health benefits for illegal immigrants. It allows states to verify citizenship through Social Security numbers, that type of thing. So, I don't know what he's (King) talking about."
Harkin quoted an opinion piece by King that said the bill was another "liberal" program the Democrats are trying to put into place.
(Excerpt) Read more at radioiowa.com ...
Tom Harkin must think that Steve King may run against him in 2008. It’s not typical for a Senator to attack a Congressman over a single vote.
Aw, you can’t ever tell what Dung-Heap Harkin is liable to do except badmouth Republicans.
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced a new name for the acronym SCHIP — “Socialized Clinton-style Hillarycare for Illegals and their Parents”:
Classic Steve King!
Harkin is a hack, and he knows it. I wonder what Dingy harry has got him lined up to say next week?
I laughed out loud when he said that.
Tom Harkin has a hard time being relevant, now that there are no more Marxist dictators to suck up to.
He left out global warming.
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