It’s hair-on-fire time in Congress. Lawmakers responsible for looking out for folks back home are in a mad dash to get a mountain of past-due work completed by year’s end.
Buried under the headline-grabbing controversies is one of life and death: 400,000 Texas kids could be dropped from the Children’s Health Insurance Program if Congress doesn’t act immediately.
What started as a nagging concern when Congress failed to meet a Sept. 30 funding deadline has turned into a frightening crisis.
Source: Why doesn’t Congress care about the health of 400,000 Texas kids? / Dallas News