They Voted For You: Health Care

The Senate has taken the different route than the House regarding the funding of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, The Associated Press reports.

Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller, both D-W.Va., voted to pass this reauthorization bill. It prevailed 68-31.

The vote "also gave Democrats, who secured a veto-proof margin, a chance to draw a stark distinction between their priorities and Bush's on an issue that resonates with voters," the AP reports. "The Senate measure now must be reconciled with the House-passed $50 billion expansion, which was paid for partly by cutting government payments to Medicare health maintenance organizations."