Dent, Gerlach join region's Dems in backing expansion

September 26th, 2007, posted by LVDem

U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent, R-15th District, and Jim Gerlach, R-6th, endorsed a compromise expansion of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program on Tuesday after opposing a far broader increase in the program in August.

Dent, R-15th District, and Gerlach, R-6th, joined the four Lehigh Valley area Democrats — Reps. Allyson Schwartz, 13th; Tim Holden, 17th; Paul Kanjorski, 11th; and Patrick Murphy, 8th — in supporting the measure.

For both Dent and Gerlach, removing the Medicare cuts appeared to be the deciding factor.

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