House SCHIP reauthorization roll call (passed 225-204): Who are the 15 who crossed

[ProgressiveEconomist]

party lines?

Five Republicans and ten Democrats crossed party lines in the
partisan vote for reauthoriation of SCHIP Wednesday evening.

From
http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2007&rollnumber=787
:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 787
H R 3162 YEA-AND-NAY 1-Aug-2007 7:37 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Children�s Health and Medicare Protection Act of
2007
           Yeas Nays PRES NV
Democratic 220   10    0  1
Republican   5  194    0  3
TOTALS     225  204    0  4

The five Republican Yeas were:
Capito, Ferguson, LaHood, LoBiondo, Shays

The ten Democratic Nays were:
Boren, Cooper,   Donnelly, Ellsworth, Etheridge,
Hill,  Marshall, McIntyre, Shuler,    Taylor

Parent URL:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/index.asp

"U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes
787
1-Aug
H R 3162
On Passage
P (Passed)
Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007"

[ProgressiveEconomist]

1. Here's the Washington Post story on the vote

From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080100266.html?hpid=topnews

"Children's Health Bill Approved By House

The House bill would enlarge the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, by $47 billion over five years to provide coverage to the additional 5 million children.

Those children would have access to dental and mental health care. And the bill would offer new options for states to extend Medicaid and SCHIP coverage up to age 20 and to cover some legal immigrants and pregnant women. It would expand coverage for preventive health screening for seniors under Medicare and would provide $19 billion over five years to prevent scheduled cuts to physician reimbursements under Medicare. Nearly $3 billion is included for rural health care.

To pay for itself, the bill would raise the federal tobacco tax by 45 cents a pack, while making federal payments to managed-care plans under Medicare equal to reimbursements for the federally managed Medicare program."

[msongs]

2. isn't Shuler -> state that grows toxic tobacco for a living?

[soothsayer]

3. this effing bill will put up to a $20 tax PER CIGAR. outrageous! I hope the senate

defeats it.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. How much is the tax on an El Cheapo? Some cigars are so outrageously expensive

that spendthrift buyers would hardly notice a $20 tax, aren't they?

[OzarkDem]

9. Tobacco tax is a bad idea

Programs that need long term funding can't rely on sin taxes - income is too unpredictable. What happens when more people quit smoking? Ok for their health, but it also results in a decline in revenue.

Children's health programs deserve full, permanent funding.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

5. Of course, the real story here is the 194 Rs who voted against children even though

they're all up for re-election next November.

If they sustain Dubya's promised veto, just imagine the possibilities for negative Democratic ads a la the 1964 anti-Goldwater "Daisies" ad.

[Yukari Yakumo]

6. Comparing to list of Blue Dogs...

Boren (OK-2), Cooper (TN-5), Donnelly (IN-2), Ellsworth (IN-8), Hill (IN-9), Marshall (GA-8), McIntyre (NC-7), Shuler (NC-11), & Taylor (MS-4)

Not a "Blue Dog":
Etheridge (NC-2)

Hmmm... 3 from Indiana and from N. Carolina.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

10. Tobacco can be a dealbreaker in NC. But Indiana?

[TahitiNut]

7. Why not increase the federal liquor tax instead?

:eyes:

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. Why not tobacco, liquor, AND handgun taxes? Each has killed tens of thousands

of teenagers.

[TahitiNut]

12. Indeed. Every liberal loves regressive taxes, right?

Why the hell should we share a tax burden equitably when we can scapegoat people who use things we don't like?

[Major Hogwash]

8. Do you think this will pass in the Senate?

Thanks for putting this up here, I missed the vote the other day.