Wednesday April 30, 2008, 7:06 am
Yes indeed!!

Wednesday April 30, 2008, 7:17 am
From the article:

"Last August, the Bush administration handed down a directive to the states – without any notice, comment period or consultation – changing the rules for the decade-old federal-state partnership called the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

"The Bush changes would require California either to cut back its program, turning away children covered in the past, or swallow the costs on its own at a time of economic downturn. The directive would take effect this August.

"These changes are indefensible, especially at a time when more families are suffering hardship due to the downturn in the economy. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter to President Bush asking that the new rules be withdrawn.

"Further, the directive is likely illegal. An April 17 opinion by the general counsel of the Government Accountability Office makes it clear that before such rules can take effect, they "must be submitted to Congress and the Comptroller General."

"Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, have asked the Bush administration to voluntarily rescind the directive. Four states already have filed a lawsuit and California has joined with an amicus brief.

"But why wait for the courts? Assemblyman John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, and Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, have introduced a joint resolution calling on the Bush administration and Congress to rescind the directive."

It will be a glorious day when King Dubya is off the throne!!!!!!!