Costumed Kids, Toddlers to Trick or Treat at Rep. Bachmann’s Office and Ask for a Special Treat This Halloween: Stop Voting Against Healthcare for 10 Million Children in Need
With SCHIP Set to Expire in a Matter of Days, Rep. Bachmann’s Backwards Priorities of “Billions for Iraq War, Zero for Kid’s Healthcare” Could Be a Nightmare for Thousands of Minnesota Kids
Waite Park, MN – A frightening mob of costumed kids, toddlers and their parents will gather at Rep. Bachmann’s office at 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday to ask for a special treat this Halloween: a vote to provide healthcare for 10 million kids in need. With the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) set to expire in a matter of weeks, this Halloween season could be a very scary one for the 30,100 Minnesota children whose future in the program may be in jeopardy with the President’s threatened veto of the latest bipartisan Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
On October 24th, without the support of Rep. Bachmann, the U.S. House passed a revised version of the bipartisan children’s healthcare bill that included strengthened language to address any and all of the Congresswoman’s concerns about illegal immigrants, adults and children from high-income families benefiting from the program. But even with these concerns effectively taken off the table, Rep. Bachmann still chose to once again stand with Bush over the thousands of parents in her district who go to bed every night praying their children don’t get sick or hurt. Rep. Bachmann continues to play a partisan game of all tricks and no treatment with critical legislation that would mean healthcare for 30,100 more kids in Minnesota – legislation that is supported by 80 percent of the American public, including 61 percent of Republicans.
With only a small handful of votes needed in Congress to override the President’s veto, Minnesota parents, kids will plead with Rep. Bachmann to do the right thing: If you can support spending half a trillion dollars fighting an endless war in Iraq, how can you justify opposing spending a fraction of that on healthcare for your most vulnerable constituents: low-income kids in need?
WHO: Campaign to Save Children’s Healthcare
WHAT: Costumed Kids, Toddlers to Trick or Treat at Rep. Bachmann’s Office and Ask for a Special Treat This
Halloween: Stop Voting Against Healthcare for 10 Million Children in Need
WHERE: Rep. Bachmann’s District Office
110 2nd Street S, Suite 232, Waite Park, MN 56387
WHEN: Wednesday October 31, 2007 4:10 P.M.
Contact: Kevin Fahey (651) 260-6161
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