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DEL.ICIO.USPrice’s swing at Democrats hits Marshall
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. Rep. Tom Price, a Roswell Republican, battled with Democrats’ fiercest defender, U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, on CBS’ “The Early Show” Wednesday morning over funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program or SCHIP.
And that wasn’t good news for U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall of Macon, the only Georgia Democrat to vote against the SCHIP bill, much to the ire of many members of his state party.
Emanuel fumed that Price’s vote against a bill that would add $35 billion to the program, known in Georgia as PeachCare, showed he was “isolated from the real concerns that are facing working parents.”
“The Republican governor of Georgia has endorsed what we are doing here,” Emanuel said. “And the reason is because we’re solving a big problem in Georgia.”
Price countered Emanuel’s wielding of Gov. Sonny Predue’s name by tossing out Marshall.
“I know [Emanuel] doesn’t think that his colleague on the Democrats side, Jim Marshall, doesn’t care about kids, and Jim Marshall voted with us on this,” Price said.
Price said later that he wasn’t fanning the flames of Democratic anger with Marshall, one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats in the country. He’d just grown tired of what he called Democrats’ hypocritical claims.
“I’m sure he voted in the interest of his district,” Price said of Marshall. But the Democratic portrayal of Republicans as the enemy of poor kids, he said, “ignores there also are Democrats who believe that the posture of the Democratic leadership is wrong.”
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By Ed
October 17, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this
In some states kids with household incomes over $80,0000 are covered on this bill. I would like to see kids who really need free healthcare covered on a rewritten bill.
By Kicked Out Of Va Tech In 1984
October 17, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
Um, Ed, canyou give a reference for that $80K figure other than the most recent White House Talking Point?
Just because the Bush administration says it, and their mouthpieces such as Ruch Limbaugh and Faux News repeat it ad nauseum, does not necessarily make it true.
By Chris
October 17, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
I grew up in Georgia and now live in a city where a family of 4 who makes $80K is just “getting by.” Also— the white house is misleading us with that $80K figure— the states set the amount (when did the republicans become so against states rights all the sudden??)— plus the $80K request in NY was turned down by the federal government. The bill that the president is signing doesn’t change the current law with regards to the federal government’s so called intrusion in to health care. All that said— this goes to show how out of touch our president and much of congress is about the needs of real americans.
By roberts
October 17, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this
So… i am confused… Are Bush and Jim Marshall interchangeable when you talk about being “out of touch with the needs of real americans?” …or is it just bush, and Marshall is “in touch” with the needs of real americans when he voted against SCHIP?? your thoughts?
By Craig
October 17, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
Tom Price defending Jim Marshall…does Rick Goddard know Price is working for Marshall? Ooops. Hey Tom…Marshall is a Dem. Goddard is a Republican trying to defeat him…don’t do Marshall any favors…