REPUBLICANS STRIP NIXON'S PLAN TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE FOR KIDS"The House Budget Committee has stripped the provision from a supplemental budget request for the 2009 fiscal year, which ends June 30," reports the Springfield News-Leader's Chad Livengood.
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HOUSE DEMS BLAST THE MOVE:
HOUSE DEMS BLAST THE MOVE:
"We are deeply disappointed that Republicans on the House Budget Committee have ignored Governor Jay Nixon’s recommendation to expand health care to 20,000 Missouri children and played parliamentary tricks to prevent House Democrats from including the funding in the supplemental budget. House Republicans’ refusal to ensure that more children receive needed medical care, especially in this time of financial difficulty for many Missouri families, is mind boggling," said House Minority Leader Paul LeVota.
"The governor has a clear mandate from Missouri voters who for four years have been paying federal taxes to provide health care to kids in other states. House Democrats and the governor want to use some of the federal stimulus money to cover Missouri kids, but House Republicans want to tell Congress ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to a bridge to health care," said Rep. Jason Kander of Kansas City.
"The governor has a clear mandate from Missouri voters who for four years have been paying federal taxes to provide health care to kids in other states. House Democrats and the governor want to use some of the federal stimulus money to cover Missouri kids, but House Republicans want to tell Congress ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to a bridge to health care," said Rep. Jason Kander of Kansas City.
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