Burgess in the News

After Medicare Vote, SCHIP Gets Another Look

...Lawmakers, aides and lobbyists say House Democratic leaders may schedule a vote in September on an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)...But one Republican, Michael C. Burgess of Texas, was skeptical.

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...Lawmakers, aides and lobbyists say House Democratic leaders may schedule a vote in September on an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)...But one Republican, Michael C. Burgess of Texas, was skeptical. Burgess negotiated for months with Democrats on last year’s SCHIP bills yet ultimately voted against them...

...“If they’re just doing it for politics, it’s not going to be successful,” Burgess predicted of the Democratic plans for another vote....more