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From: "Linda Farley" <[log in to unmask]>
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To: "Health Coalition" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [HealthCoalition] Fw: Thanks to you, WE WON!
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:58:50 -0600
This is really a victory and will mean a lot for WI and the rest of the
country.
Now it's time to call your Representative in Congress to urge passing the
amendment that will exempt medicaid from the cuts.
Linda
---- Original Message -----
From: Everyone at Families USA
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: Thanks to you, WE WON!
Dear Linda,
CONGRATULATIONS!
The Smith-Bingaman amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to
strike all Medicaid cuts passed at 2:11 PM (EST) by a vote of 52-48.
Republican Senators voting for passage were Chafee, Coleman, Collins,
DeWine, Smith, Snowe, and Specter. All Democratic Senators and Senator
Jeffords (Independent) voted for the amendment.
This is due to your hard work. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Now, after we have rested a day or so, we will get back to you
on how we can preserve this victory in the Conference Committee process.
The House of Representatives will soon (today) pass its budget
resolution and while the Democrats are offering an amendment to strike the
Medicaid cuts, it is not expected to win. So the issue will be in
Conference between the House and Senate.
But, for today, the luck of the Irish was with us. THANK YOU
AGAIN!
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