01.20.18

S-CHIP Regrets, They’ve Had A Few

SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “Thanks to the Democratic Leader’s decision, along with my friend from Michigan, to filibuster an extension of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, low-income families will slip closer to losing health coverage for their kids. And in many states this is an emergency. There was a carefully crafted compromise that she and every Democrat on the committee supported.  The Senate has not reviewed this new proposal. But if members are serious about funding CHIP, there is a bill before us that reauthorizes the program for a full six years—and can be signed into law today. The only thing preventing CHIP reauthorization from being signed into law today, is the Democrat filibuster of the House-passed bill.” (Sen. McConnell, Floor Remarks, 1/20/2018)

The Following 44 Democrats Voted Against A 6-Year S-CHIP Reauthorization Yesterday

Sens. Baldwin (D-WI), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Booker (D-NJ), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell(D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Coons (D-DE), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Duckworth (D-IL), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Gillibrand (D-NY), Harris (D-CA), Hassan (D-NH), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Klobuchar (D-MN), Leahy (D-VT), Lee (R-UT), Markey (D-MA), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Paul (R-KY), Peters (D-MI), Reed (D-RI), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Smith (D-MN), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warner (D-VA), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)

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