United Against Bush’s Healthcare Veto Threat
October 2, 2007, 8:32pm
Americans United for Change mobilized in 2005 to fight the Social Security overhaul backed by President Bush and expanded its interests to the Iraq war and other issues last year. Its latest mission is to win an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program — an idea that Bush opposes.
The coalition recently rallied outside the White House in hopes of convincing Bush to change his mind about vetoing legislation to expand S-CHIP. “Where has compassionate conservatism gone?” Brad Woodhouse of Americans United asked in noting that Bush vowed to veto the S-CHIP bill during the same week that he proposed another burst of military spending. “It left us a long, long time ago. It certainly doesn’t reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
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