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Ex-attorney for Daniels and McDougal testifies in Trump trial; CT paid sick days bill passes House, heads to Senate; Iowa leaps state regulators, calls on EPA for emergency water help; group voices concerns about new TN law arming teachers.

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House Democrats say they'll vote to table a motion to remove Speaker Johnson, former President Trump faces financial penalties and the threat of jail time for violating a gag order and efforts to lower the voting age gain momentum nationwide.

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Health Care Not in the Cards (or CHIPs) for Thousands of ND Kids

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007   

Fargo, ND – The "chips" are in, and it's not looking good for states that depend on federal funding to provide health insurance for kids from poor families. The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) will most likely continue to be funded at its current level for another 15 months. S-CHIP funding has been part of the massive funding bill now being debated in the U.S. Senate.

Don Morrison with the organization NDPeople.org says the President twice vetoed Congressional attempts to expand the program, which would have provided health insurance for another 1,500 to 6,000 North Dakota children.

"The veto of this bill means that more kids in North Dakota and around the country will not get the healthcare that they need."

Morrison believes Governor Hoeven missed an opportunity to stand up for North Dakota kids' rights to grow up healthy.

"In many states. the Governors have been very supportive of this bill, and the Governor of North Dakota has been sitting on the sidelines."

Bush opposed the S-CHIP expansion proposals as "too costly," and said they were unfair to private insurers. Morrison argues that expanding the state-administered program to include greater numbers of children would have cost about as much as two weeks of financing the Iraq War.


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