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Kyl votes against children's health funding through tobacco tax hike

The Phoenix Business Journal

U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona was among a handful of Republicans to vote against a proposed expansion of children's health program by boosting tobacco taxes.

The Senate Finance Committee voted Thursday to hike federal taxes on cigarettes and cigars, and to use those funds to allocate billions of dollars to the Children's Health Insurance Program, which offers health coverage for uninsured children of the working poor.

Democrats and some Republicans on the panel voted for the measure.

Posted by Editor at July 21, 2007 08:09 PM

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