It looks like our Congressman in the Hagerstown area (Washington County, MD) is going to vote to uphold Bush’s Veto on S-CHIP. This is disappointing, as I believe most of the people I live around would like to see this pass. Hagerstown is a working community that is losing businesses rapidly and where the working poor and even those who make 200-300 percent above the poverty level have trouble getting health insurance.
I have called Congressman Roscoe Bartlett’s phone line, and sent him e-mails, stressing the need for him to join the Democrats and Republicans who, by a clear majority, support this bill and want to override the veto today. It doesn’t look like he is going to respond.
So I sent this final e-mail off this morning:
Dear Congressman:
I am one of the constituents who is part of a majority of Hagerstowners who support the SCHIP program that was approved by both Democrats and Republicans this month. We also support the overriding of President Bush’s veto.If you vote to support his veto, you are voting against the wishes, and NEEDS, of your constituents.
If you do vote this way, I propose that we will hereafter call trips by poor children to the Emergency Room for the coverage the President has recommended a “Roscoe”.
Maybe that will elicit a response. I doubt it, though.