(C-SPAN 2-4-09) President Obama signed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation in an East Room ceremony at the White House. Washington, DC : 22 min.
WASHINGTON (CNN 2-4-09) — President Barack Obama claimed the second major legislative victory of his young administration Wednesday, signing a bill to provide federally funded health care to an estimated 4 million children. The final version of the new law, which expands the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by […]
(Senate Democratic Caucus 1-23-09) January 23, 2009 – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joined Senator John Rockefeller, Gerald Smith, Associate Director of the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, and student artist Ibrahim Muhammad at a press conference today to discuss Democrats’ efforts to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Through Art, Kids Urge Legislators to Promote Children’s Health Care With the Senate poised to take a pivotal vote on SCHIP (State Children Health Insurance Program), young people are on Capitol Hill exhibiting their powerful artwork. The “America’s Future Starts with Healthy Children” art exhibit is a timely reminder that […]
WAMU 88.5 FM 1-26-09 With the Senate poised to take a pivotal vote on “S-CHIP,” the state health care program for children, a group of youngsters were at Union Station lobbying on behalf of their peers in their own unique way. They are exhibiting powerful artwork at Union Station, part […]
At Our Premiere Unveiling with Min-Ji, Ibrahim, Paris, Ali, Rebecca, William, Ethan, and Christian: Kids Promoting Healthcare for All Kids
Please read on for the Action Alert from National Immigration Law Center (NILC)— ICHIA: New Congress Plans Action This Week on Immigrant Children’s Health PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE, EMAIL ALL RESPONSES TO HUYNH@NILC.ORG. A FIRST STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE: NEW CONGRESS PLANS ACTION THIS […]
News & Observer 1-9-09 A Wakelon Elementary School student is one of four in the nation who have earned a trip to Washington after winning an art contest. Ibrahim Muhammad of Knightdale, a fourth-grader, will have his work displayed in the America’s Future Starts with Healthy Children art exhibit. Sixty-one […]
