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  • House rejects bill requiring hospitals to ask alien status (Neville Chamberlain would be proud)

    05/18/2004 3:18:04 PM PDT · by StoneColdGOP · 140 replies · 1,674+ views
    May 18, 2004 | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected legislation that could have led to hospital emergency rooms denying some services to illegal aliens while helping to get them kicked out of the country. Hispanic legislators led opposition to the bill, joining medical groups in contending that it would turn hospitals into law enforcement agencies and prevent illegal residents from seeking life-saving medical treatment. It was defeated 331-88. The legislation came to the House floor as a result of a promise that GOP leaders made to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., in exchange for his vote on the Medicare prescription drug bill that narrowly...