Ralley For Childen's Healthcare In Jackson

From a press release:

Make Your Voice Heard!!

On October 3, 2007, President Bush vetoed The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2007. The overwhelming bipartisan support of this bill, demonstrated by 265 members of the House of Representatives and a veto-proof majority in the Senate (67-29), was dismissed with a stroke of the President's pen.

On October 18, 2007, the United States House of Representatives will vote to override President Bush's veto of CHIPRA. Why is the vote important?
ü There are more than 9 million uninsured children in this country.
ü There are more than 100,000 uninsured children in Mississippi.
Our children are suffering!!
Representatives Gene Taylor (4th District), Chip Pickering (3rd District), and Roger Wicker (1st District) voted against the Children's Health Insurance Program. Mississippi's Congressmen need to hear from you!!

Join the Children's Defense Fund, parents and advocates for a press conference on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in front of the Eastland Federal Courthouse, 245 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS. The purpose of this press conference is to encourage Mississippi's Congressional delegation to stop our children's suffering and vote to override the President veto of CHIPRA.