Congressional Roundup -- CA GOPers decry "Orrin Hatch-Care" with SCHIP bill back in Congress; Team Doolittle cashes in again

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

This week, Congress is expected to take up a vote to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program -- SCHIP -- a veto that places 1.4 million children here in California at risk of losing affordable, quality health insurance.

Even with 49 governors and bipartisan majority of both the House and Senate (45 Republicans in the House and 18 GOPers in the Senate) having voted for the SCHIP bill, California Republicans remarkably continue to think denying millions of kids health care is a pro-family, politically advantageous move. Good luck explaining that one!

Rep. Jerry Lewis of Redlands is defending his vote against the kids by recycling the same tired GOP talking points about "socialized medicine" and using Rush Limbaugh-isms like "Hillarycare."

On the House floor debate, Lewis said: "The real plan here is to set the stage for a movement of the next gigantic step in the direction of what should be called Hillarycare."

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