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...thought real hard about [taking a shot in the end zone]," Murphy said. "But I'd have killed myself if we turned the ball over when we had a chip shot field goal to win the game...
...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% versus 40%). When CHIP finally did start, last May, a total of five years had passed since the legislature first attempted to cover...
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...
...British press discovered that Will, 18, plans to spend part of his gap year between high school and college trekking in Chile. William even claimed he made the money for the trip by playing in a sponsored water-polo match, though he reluctantly admitted Dad may have helped. "I chip in all the bloody time," noted Prince Charles, who joined his son at the press conference. Nice try, rich...