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Stop funding children’s health care with my tobacco

Congress is at it again. They want to increase the FET on tobacco. Go to Stop the FET increase.com and send a letter to your representatives: I recently learned that Congress is again considering increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes by as much as 156%. At a time when Congress is talking about passing [...]
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And now the other side of the cigarette tax story

Family income rule costs some Texans insurance coverage Houston Chronicle By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer © 2007 The Associated Press Aug. 24, 2007, 6:24PM WASHINGTON – Cynthia Pacheco used to rely on a government-funded children’s health insurance program to keep her twin boys healthy. Now she relies on prayer. Don’t look now but Dems [...]
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Paul Howard on SCHIP on National Review Online

Congress Is Full of SCHIP Expansion isn’t the best way to help the uninsured. By Paul Howard Nicole Garrett is not one of the uninsured. Her family is covered by Michigan’s Medicaid program. And so when her daughter Jada developed painful joint inflammation and needed to see a specialist, she turned to her Medicaid plan. [...]
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Tax Cigarettes To Keep Children Healthy

Administration Fights Cigarette Tax Hike By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press Tuesday, July 17, 2007; 9:03 PM WASHINGTON — As a Senate committee prepared to approve an additional $35 billion for children’s health insurance, the Bush administration spelled out its objections to how the increase would be paid for _ a 61-cent increase on the [...]
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Sales Tax Holiday (98-490)

Sales Tax Holiday August 4-6, 2006 In Texas, and many other states, this weekend is going to be sales-tax-free for many items.
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