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Chairman Markey: Oil Price Record Calls for Oil Policy Action
October 19, 2007
From the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:

Markey: Oil Price Record Calls for Oil Policy Action

Oil Tops $90 as Americans Look for Energy Direction from Directionless Administration

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White House Playing Games With Children's Health Insurance
October 19, 2007
Claims victory in denying 10 million children coverage

"We won this round on SCHIP."

-- White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino [October 18, 2007]

The White House claimed victory by helping to defeat a bipartisan compromise that would have provided health insurance coverage to 10 million children.

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Transcript of Today's Speaker Pelosi's Press Conference on SCHIP Override Vote
October 18, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leaders and Committee Chairs held a press conference in the Capitol this afternoon following a vote in the House that failed to override the President's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Below is a transcript of their remarks:

Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon. Today we advanced our cause in insuring 10 million children in America. Health care for these children is of the highest priority to us.

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Swearing-In for Rep. Niki Tsongas
October 18, 2007
Rep. Niki Tsongas was sworn in this morning on the House floor to fill the 5th district seat of Massachusetts left by former Congressman Martin Meehan:

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Democrats Vow to Insist on Covering 10 Million Children
October 18, 2007
After House Republicans sustained President Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, Democrats vowed to insist on insuring the full 10 million children covered by this bill.

Speaker Pelosi explained the importance in closing debate:

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House Debates Override of President Bush's Veto of Children's Healthcare
October 18, 2007
The House is currently debating whether to override President Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. This bill would bring health coverage to approximately ten million children in need -- preserving coverage for all 6.6 million children currently covered by CHIP, and reaching millions more low-income, uninsured American children in the next five years.

Rep. Chairlie Rangel, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, speaks in favor of overriding:

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Oversight Committee Hearing on Black Carbon
October 18, 2007
The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Black Carbon and Global Warming," with testimony from experts regarding the global and regional impacts of soot, its sources, and the risks it raises for public health.

Watch the hearing live >>

Chairman Henry Waxman gives opening remarks:

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President Bush's Misstatements on Children's Health Insurance Bill Continue
October 17, 2007
At his press conference today, President Bush continued his misstatements regarding H.R. 976, the Children's Health Insurance bill. The President gave three key reasons why he vetoed the bill, which would provide health care coverage for 10 million children, on October 3rd. Each of the three reasons he gave for vetoing the bill reflect a misunderstanding of the bill and its provisions, as shown below.
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On the President's Press Conference Today
October 17, 2007
The President's criticisms today only highlight that his Administration opposes the priorities of the American people and the New Direction Congress. While the Democratic Congress works to pass children's health insurance, to protect Americans while preserving civil liberties, and to end the disastrous Iraq war, the President chose to launch another partisan attack.

The President's statements this morning, as with his past mischaracterizations about the children's health bill, distort and misrepresent the facts.

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President Bush's Veto Denies Health Insurance to 10 Million Children
October 17, 2007
The bipartisan children's health insurance bill that passed the House and Senate by strong majorities provides health insurance for 10 million children. The House will vote tomorrow to try to override President Bush's veto, which denies critical health care coverage to children of hard-working families struggling with the high cost of insurance.

President Bush has often referred to himself as "The Decider," but which one of these families would the President forbid health care coverage?

The Wilkerson family in St. Petersburg, Florida?