http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/spinning_senators Comments for "Spinning senators?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/spinning_senators <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Republican Sens. <a href="/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole</a> and <a href="/dome/profiles/richard_burr">Richard Burr</a> engaged in some creative spin on their votes on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.</p><p> They voted against a Democratic plan to expand the program, reports Rob Christensen. But their news release said: “U.S. Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr today called for a continuation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, due to expire at the end of this month.”</p><p> &quot;Dole and Burr today voted to protect the original SCHIP from a massive expansion of government-run health care funded by a tobacco tax hike that would disproportionately affect North Carolina’s economy.”</p><p>Isn’t that sort of like a father telling his son, that in order to protect your existing allowance from becoming bloated, I’m turning down your your request for an increase?</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/spinning_senators#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/spinning_senators#comment Elizabeth Dole Richard Burr State Children&#039;s Health Insurance Program Under the Dome Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:18:49 -0400 bkrueger 2479 at http://projects.newsobserver.com