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by Kreinhe
on Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:56 pm |
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Dear Mr. :
Thank you for expressing your opposition to the proposed increase in the federal tax on cigarettes. While you and I disagree on this issue, I appreciate hearing your views.
To provide funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), both the House and the Senate have recently approved proposals to increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
CHIP, which is set to expire this year unless it is reauthorized by Congress, extends health coverage to otherwise uninsured low-income children. As one of the original authors of the bipartisan legislation creating CHIP, I am proud of the positive impact this program has had on millions of children. My colleagues and I in the Senate are committed to reauthorizing this program with sufficient funding to maintain and expand coverage.
On August 2, 2007, the Senate voted 68-31 to reauthorize CHIP for five years (H.R. 976). This legislation would increase the per-pack tax on cigarettes from $0.39 to $1.00, generating revenue that will allow CHIP to reach an additional 3.2 million children nationwide.
While I understand your concerns regarding this tax increase, the public health benefit of reducing smoking, especially among teenagers, and expanding health care access compelled me to vote in favor of the legislation. On October 3, 2007, the President vetoed H.R. 976, forcing Congress to temporarily extend CHIP funding without helping those children who are eligible for coverage but not enrolled. Please know that, if given the opportunity, I will vote to override this veto.
Thank you again for sharing your concerns with me.
Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown
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Typical response I also received one almost identical from Rep. Marci Kaptur as well.
Our government no longer represents it's people by making the correct decisions. All decisions by politicians these days have to be popular. Unfortunately, what we have lost is an understanding that most of the time at this level, they are hired to make tough decisions and the universal truth is the correct decisions to difficult problems are rarely popular. They have failed us, our forefathers and those to come. |
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by ladyteal
on Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:31 pm |
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I live in PA, and the reply I got from my politicians was almost exactly the same, word for word.
We smokers need to form a smoker's party, so our representative truly represent us. |
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by cricket
on Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:04 pm |
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A smoking party ladyteal?
would this be realistic - could we accomplish something with it?
How would we organize it |
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by ladyteal
on Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:10 pm |
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cricket wrote: A smoking party ladyteal?
would this be realistic - could we accomplish something with it?
How would we organize it
Why not? I read somewhere about a smoker's party being formed with a candidate. I can't remember if it was somewhere in the UK, or Ireland, or some other country in that general area. If I find the article, I'll post it here. |
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