The first vote on whether millions of children will receive health care happened last night.

150,000 children in Tennessee are still at risk in the Senate.

Final votes happened last night in the House of Representatives. Here is the vote. Please make THANK YOU calls today to House Members who supported the $50 Billion in re-authorization for SCHIP. Use the 1-800 Toll Free number below.

House Members Voting YES:
Congressman Steve Cohen
Congressman John Tanner
Congressman Bart Gordon
Congressman Lincoln Davis

House Members Voting NO:
Congressman Jim Cooper (one of 10 Democrats who voted No)
Congressman Marsha Blackburn
Congressman Zach Wamp
Congressman John Duncan
Congressman David Davis

President Bush and his allies continue to impose their political ideology on this bipartisan effort to provide health care for children. In the Senate, harmful amendments are being offered to drastically slash funding and eliminate millions of children from the program.

We must not let the Bush Administration derail this children's health bill.

Action Plan (Vote in Senate could happen today):

Call your two Senators, Alexander & Corker. Tell them to vote YES on children's health and NO on all amendments that restrict children's eligibility for health coverage.

Call 1-800-828-0498 or click here to send and email

Let's help kids get the coverage they need and deserve, and push Congress to pass the children's health bills by the widest possible margins in the Senate.

Strong votes in Congress will send a message to President Bush and his advisors that they must think twice before vetoing legislation that provides health care to millions of children.

Sincerely,

Tony Garr, Tennessee Health Care Campaign
Julia Eisman, Families USA, e-Advocacy Coordinator