1.   Already, Democrats are grumbling about the block grants to the states being considered by both House and Senate Republicans to help reduce the number of uninsured children.

2.   And Clinton vows to increase outreach to get more uninsured children into subsidized insurance programs.

3.   And like Mrs. Lincoln and Leary, she participates in an insurance program that Massachusetts has greatly expanded in recent months to cover uninsured children.

4.   At the same time he will try to get schools across the country to help arrange health coverage for millions of uninsured children.

5.   Both the Senate and the House legislation set aside money for use by the states to reduce the number of uninsured children.

6.   About one-third of the uninsured children are in poor families.

7.   After that will come free health-care coverage for uninsured children and a reduction in the age of eligibility for Medicare.

8.   Also, experts say, expanded state and federal programs for uninsured children have helped guarantee a steady flow of money to care for children.

9.   But Pataki administration officials said that either providing more benefits or expanding eligibility for the program would reduce the funds available to provide basic coverage to uninsured children.

10.   Conservative Republicans scored a big victory on Tuesday night as the Senate Finance Committee rejected a bipartisan proposal to expand Medicaid to cover millions of uninsured children.