Apparently there are no low-income families in Oklahoma:

We read:

The White House leaned on reluctant Republican leaders in the House on Monday to act quickly on a Senate-passed bill to make millions of low-income families eligible for the $400-per-child tax rebates already in the works for middle-income parents.

[...]

The Senate last week voted 94-2 to expand a $1,000 child tax credit to low-income families after a campaign by Democrats and others that started just after the president signed the $350 billion tax cut and state aid package in May. The Treasury Department will issue checks worth up to $400 per child to eligible families later this summer.

Who were the two Senators that voted against the bill?   Checking the record, we find the NAYs were cast by:

Inhofe (R-OK)         Nickles (R-OK)

ADDENDUM:

Q: What is the state song for Oklahoma?

A: "Oklahoma", from the Broadway musical Oklahoma!, written by Oscar Hammerstein II, with music by Richard Rodgers (1943)

Amazing. A "red state" embracing something that emerged from the decadent "blue states". Does that mean Harvey Fierstein has a good chance to be the next governor of the sooner state?   (After all, he just got another Tony Award.)

posted by Quiddity at 6/09/2003 11:02:00 PM