H.R. 3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. This was a combination of a tax increase of $0.61 a pack on cigarettes (smokers should remember this) and expand the SCHIP program to those whose incomes are, get this, 300% of the federal poverty level! This would essentially provide a welfare benefit to middle class Americans, not just the poor. This was just another incremental government expansion into the field of health care leading up to the Obamacare vote. After all if we are going to start having federal healthcare programs for the middle class, it is only a matter of time before it covers all Americans. This was another one where I have to say Bush actually acted like a fiscal conservative for once vetoing the bill. What does that say about Cathy if serial spender Bush is more of a fiscal conservative than she is?
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