Democracy Now Headlines- Aug. 02, 2007

- 140 Dead in Iraq Attacks
- Sunni Bloc Leaves Iraq Cabinet
- Marine Convicted in Hamdania Slaying
- Report: U.S. Loses 190,000 Weapons in Iraq
- House OKs Expanding Child Health Insurance
- Rumsfeld Denies Cover-Up in Tillman Death
- 9 Killed, 20 Missing in Bridge Collapse
- Hamas Open to Talks With U.S.
- Amnesty Calls for Probe into Oaxaca Abuses
- Obama Says He Would OK Attack on Pakistan

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Bush wants to cut health care for children!!!!! pt 2

Children's Defense Fund's Marian Wright Edelman Calls on Congress & Bush Administration to Help the Country's Nine Million Children Without Health Insurance

As President Bush vows to veto a bill expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program, Marian Wright Edelman says Washington must do far more to help the nation's children and to truly leave no child behind.

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President Bush Chooses Cigarettes Over Children

Marian Wright Edelman discusses this incredible story with Amy Goodman on DemocracyNow. The Facts: President Bush has threatened to veto legislation that would provide health insurance for 9 million uninsured children. This despite 91% of the country, both Republicans and Democrats in both Houses of Congress, and even many pharma and insurance groups, being in favor of the legislation.

The problem with the law in Bush's mind is undoubetdly that the $35 billion program is financed through a $0.61 tax in cigarettes. This, by itself, is a societal benefit as it would lead to less smokers, lower health costs and ultimately lower taxes.

But, Bush, whose Justice Department saw fit to unilaterally cut a legal settlement with Big Tobacco by $120 billion two years ago, is once again choosing cigarette profits over the nation's children, the country's health and, ultimately, all of our tax liability.

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Bush wants to cut health care for children!!!!! pt 4

Children's Defense Fund's Marian Wright Edelman Calls on Congress & Bush Administration to Help the Country's Nine Million Children Without Health Insurance

As President Bush vows to veto a bill expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program, Marian Wright Edelman says Washington must do far more to help the nation's children and to truly leave no child behind.

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Bush wants to cut health care for children!!!!! pt 3

Children's Defense Fund's Marian Wright Edelman Calls on Congress & Bush Administration to Help the Country's Nine Million Children Without Health Insurance

As President Bush vows to veto a bill expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program, Marian Wright Edelman says Washington must do far more to help the nation's children and to truly leave no child behind.

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