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  <title>The Fighting 29th</title>
  <subtitle>All about New York's 29th Congressional District</subtitle>
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    <title>An Afternoon of S-CHIP</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Rottenchester</name>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Today's Buffalo News has two editorial items that are directly or peripherally related to S-CHIP.&nbsp; The first is an <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/199651.html">editorial column</a> about the President's decision to veto the bill.<br /><br />The second item is an <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/199649.html">op-ed</a> by an American Lung Association official, and though it's not specifically about S-CHIP, it's interesting in light of the charge that Kuhl opposes S-CHIP because of donations from the tobacco lobby.&nbsp; The op-ed challenges Kuhl to support <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01108:">HR 1108</a>, which would put the Food and Drug Administration in charge of regulating the sale of cigarettes.&nbsp; The bill is co-sponsored by 204 House members, including 24 from New York.<br /><br />The Democrat and Chronicle <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/blogs/political/">Political Blog</a> posted yet another Americans United <a href="http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/blog/entries/what_if_rep_randy_kuhl/">anti-Kuhl S-CHIP ad</a>.&nbsp; The theme of the ad is "What if it was your child, Congressman Kuhl?" Video after the break:<br />
     
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Today's Buffalo News has two editorial items that are directly or peripherally related to S-CHIP.&nbsp; The first is an <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/199651.html">editorial column</a> about the President's decision to veto the bill.<br /><br />The second item is an <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/199649.html">op-ed</a> by an American Lung Association official, and though it's not specifically about S-CHIP, it's interesting in light of the charge that Kuhl opposes S-CHIP because of donations from the tobacco lobby.&nbsp; The op-ed challenges Kuhl to support <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01108:">HR 1108</a>, which would put the Food and Drug Administration in charge of regulating the sale of cigarettes.&nbsp; The bill is co-sponsored by 204 House members, including 24 from New York.<br /><br />The Democrat and Chronicle <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/blogs/political/">Political Blog</a> posted yet another Americans United <a href="http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/blog/entries/what_if_rep_randy_kuhl/">anti-Kuhl S-CHIP ad</a>.&nbsp; The theme of the ad is "What if it was your child, Congressman Kuhl?" Video after the break:<br />
     
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