http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/10/03/schip-reaction/“This veto is indefensible, especially for a president who calls himself a compassionate conservative,” said Rep. Nita Lowey said in a statement. The Harrison Democrat had previously vowed to rally New York’s Congressional delegation to support both the federal legislation and Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plans to expand the state’s version of the program — Child Health Plus.
“The children’s health bill that President Bush vetoed would have provided ten million children with access to necessary care,” Lowey said. “It is morally and fiscally responsible, and it has the support of a broad, bipartisan majority in Congress, 43 governors, and the American public. Congress has a responsibility to override this veto.”
Rep. Eliot Engel, a Bronx Democrat, called the veto “a disgrace, a shameful disgrace.”
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“With the stroke of a pen, President Bush has robbed nearly four million uninsured children of the chance for a healthy start in life and the health coverage they need but can’t afford,” Sen. Hillary Clinton said in a statement. “These children are invisible to this president, but they aren’t invisible to the American people or to the overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress – and they aren’t invisible to me.”
Sen. Charles Schumer said: “It’s impossible to compromise with this President when his only stated proposal would cut a million kids from the program. We have no choice but to try to override his veto. The Senate already has the votes to do it, so it is now up to the holdouts in the House to decide whether to vote their conscience or join the President in putting ideology above kids.”
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