US Senate rejects Trump's bid to defund the Child's health insurance program - GoFuckYourself.com

Bladewire · 06-20-2018, 03:40 PM

Good thing now that we have thousands of newly orphaned children that will need to utilize that insurance thanks to Trump :thunbsup

The Senate has voted down a push by President Donald Trump to take away reserve funds from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as part of a broader effort to limit government spending.

Senate Rejects Trump's Bid to Claw Back Funds From Children's Health Insurance Program

On Wednesday, 50 senators voted against a motion to discharge the Trump administration's rescissions package that would have revoked about $7 billion in money set aside for CHIP, which provides health care to children from low-income backgrounds; 48 senators voted in favor of it. The House approved the package earlier this month by a narrow margin. The rescissions push from the Trump team would not have impacted CHIP's current payments to states.

Officially, the vote was whether to move the bill to the Senate floor for consideration. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined Democrats in voting no.

The president's team argued that the plan to take away these unobligated funds would have helped shrink the government's fiscal footprint while not impacting states directly. Although Trump signed a spending bill in March significantly increasing Washington's budget for fiscal 2018, he expressed unhappiness about it, and still wants to find areas where he can cut spending.

However, some advocacy groups warned that removing the unobligated funds could put states in a bind in the event of an economic downturn forcing more kids onto the CHIP rolls.

Under the package voted down, $5.1 billion of the rescission would have come out of a part of CHIP that reimburses states for certain expenses. Roughly $2 billion would have been cut from CHIP reserves, which help states deal with higher-than-expected enrollment in the program.

The rescissions package totaled $15 billion. Congress had 45 days of continuous session to either adopt or reject the rescissions plan.

crockett · 06-20-2018, 04:11 PM

Trump hates Americans... anything he can do to fuck over tax payers he's trying to do.. I hope he gets ass cancer..

beerptrol · 06-20-2018, 04:42 PM

He needs that money to funnel to his businesses and give the rich more tax cuts

2MuchMark · 06-20-2018, 06:22 PM

Noice !!

DraX · 06-20-2018, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by crockett

Trump hates Americans... anything he can do to fuck over tax payers he's trying to do.. I hope he gets ass cancer..

Ass cancer? Really?

You don't like Trump I get that, but saying he hates Americans is delusional to say the least.

Bladewire · 06-20-2018, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by beerptrol

He needs that money to funnel to his businesses and give the rich more tax cuts

So true. Sad

06-20-2018, 03:40 PM	#1
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,232	US Senate rejects Trump's bid to defund the Child's health insurance program Good thing now that we have thousands of newly orphaned children that will need to utilize that insurance thanks to Trump :thunbsup The Senate has voted down a push by President Donald Trump to take away reserve funds from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as part of a broader effort to limit government spending. Senate Rejects Trump's Bid to Claw Back Funds From Children's Health Insurance Program On Wednesday, 50 senators voted against a motion to discharge the Trump administration's rescissions package that would have revoked about $7 billion in money set aside for CHIP, which provides health care to children from low-income backgrounds; 48 senators voted in favor of it. The House approved the package earlier this month by a narrow margin. The rescissions push from the Trump team would not have impacted CHIP's current payments to states. Officially, the vote was whether to move the bill to the Senate floor for consideration. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined Democrats in voting no. The president's team argued that the plan to take away these unobligated funds would have helped shrink the government's fiscal footprint while not impacting states directly. Although Trump signed a spending bill in March significantly increasing Washington's budget for fiscal 2018, he expressed unhappiness about it, and still wants to find areas where he can cut spending. However, some advocacy groups warned that removing the unobligated funds could put states in a bind in the event of an economic downturn forcing more kids onto the CHIP rolls. Under the package voted down, $5.1 billion of the rescission would have come out of a part of CHIP that reimburses states for certain expenses. Roughly $2 billion would have been cut from CHIP reserves, which help states deal with higher-than-expected enrollment in the program. The rescissions package totaled $15 billion. Congress had 45 days of continuous session to either adopt or reject the rescissions plan.

06-20-2018, 04:11 PM	#2
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