Word: chipping
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...debate on the issue has focused on the governor's handling of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program, with Bush taking credit for extending this benefit to 423,000 low-income children, and Democrats slamming him for a slow and halfhearted start-up of the plan. But citing CHIP's performance as evidence that Bush is ignoring child health is not really convincing, since 39 other states have done just as badly as Texas in using federal funds allotted to them. The real failure in Texas, the one for which the state stands out, is its poor record...
...statutory deadline and received a response from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress passed the CHIP program, overtaking the state plan. But even then, Bush took his time to start up CHIP, although the program requires less of a state contribution than Medicaid (25 percent versus 40 percent). When CHIP finally did start, last May, a total of five years had passed since the legislature first attempted...
...Bush campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett said the governor places a "high priority" on child health, as seen in his support of CHIP, and that the state is considering, among other things, making it easier to stay on Medicaid by eliminating in-person interviews every six months. But when the public health committee of the Texas house began discussing simpler rules last January, Bush's point man on fiscal issues tried to nip it in the bud. Appropriations committee chairman Robert Junell had legislative budget analysts project the costs to the state and made sure each legislator saw the eye-popping...
...uneasy relationship started with Tipper's crusade in the 1980s against smutty and violent rock lyrics. It has continued through Al's vice presidency, during which he played a key role in negotiating a voluntary TV-ratings system, a law requiring that new televisions be equipped with a V chip to help parents block out offensive programs, and a deal in which broadcasters agreed to provide three hours of educational children's television a week. In a televised forum on school violence on MSNBC with Tom Brokaw as co-host, after the Littleton tragedy last year, Gore startled his staff...
...Intel, see, is the bluest of the blue-chip tech stocks, considered the sector's best indicator of where the overall high-tech winds are blowing. It's a member of the Dow, NASDAQ and the S&P, which is the practical reason why Wall Street's trio of indexes all tanked on the news. But the spiritual malaise is just as contagious; Microsoft, Dell and Cisco all took overnight hits as well. Intel's announcement also comes early in a third-quarter earnings season that investors are nervous enough about already. Bad earnings news revives fears that Greenspan...