The Stakeholder
SCHIP vote haunts Republican losers
Politico:When Republicans whipped their House members into line to oppose a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program last spring, Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois lawmaker who will now be Barack Obama's chief of staff, made no bones about it: It would be used against vulnerable Republicans in the election.
Emanuel now has his casualty list, and he'll likely help engineer the SCHIP expansion as the first order of business when the 111th Congress convenes in January.
With your support, we ran several campaigns of radio and TV ads to hold these Republicans accountable. Visit our Children's Health Action Center to see how you helped us defeat these Republican obstructionists.
Here are the 10 Republicans who stuck with their leaders on SCHIP, voted against children's health care and for that reason (among others) got swept aside:
Rep. Steve Chabot (Ohio)
Rep. Thelma Drake (Va.)
Rep. Tom Feeney (Fla.)
Rep. Robin Hayes (N.C.)
Rep. Ric Keller (Fla.)
Rep. Joseph Knollenberg (Mich.)
Rep. John R. Kuhl (N.Y.)
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (Colo.)
Rep. Bill Sali (Idaho)
Rep. Tim Walberg (Mich.)
UPDATE: Make it 11. Rep. Virgil Goode (Va.) was also defeated once all the votes were counted.
