GOP house votes to cut funding for CHIP and jobs

[ehrnst]

CHILDREN. The GOP voted to cut health care for CHILDREN. Dems stayed fast.

Link to tweet

JUST IN: On a party-line vote, @HouseGOP passed the Trump-GOP rescissions package that eliminates Children's Health Insurance Program funding and cuts programs that create jobs & strengthen communities.

[spanone]

1. ...and they'll go to church on sunday and pose as good 'Christians'.....

bullshit

[Demsrule86]

2. We agree on this...awful. It has to get through the Senate...don't see it passing.

I think the GOP house members just committed political suicide.

[gohuskies]

3. This is another step in Grover Norquist's utopia

This craven group of a-holes in the GOP controlled congress are despicable beyond words. They are making the wet dream of drowning this country in a bathtub a reality with each passing day. Unbelievable...😡

[Thrill]

4. Hang it around the necks of ever yes vote

[Hoyt]

5. This is PROBABLY not as bad as it appears. They are "taking back" prior UNSPENT appropriations.

Supposedly, it does not impact future spending on CHIP, although there IS some contingency money taken back that the trump admin says isn't needed going forward. The basic CHIP program remains, until trump feels the needs to punish parents and kids.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/4-takeaways-from-trumps-plan-to-rescind-chip-funding/2018/05/08/60af072e-530f-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html?utm_term=.3f4b610030e7


Not sure about the real impact on jobs programs. If it really is taking back money that wasn't spent and really is not needed for forseeable future, might not be too bad. But, who can trust trump admin to determine whether funding is needed?

[Freethinker65]

6. This should be dead in the senate