U.S. House passes extension of child health program
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Ending months of deadlock with the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would temporarily extend the state health insurance program that covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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Legislation to get rid of junk food and limit soft drinks in Kentucky schools was approved by a House committee as health advocates renewed their quest to fill schoolhouse vending machines with healthy snacks.
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The tax would pay for a $35 billion expansion of the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program over the next five years.
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The House of  Representatives is set  for a vote which could override a presidential veto on a child health bill.
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The Senate voted 67-29 Thursday night to expand the State Children's Health Insurance program by up to 4 million children, a measure President Bush has vowed to veto.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would extend through March 2009 the State Children's Health Insurance Program that currently covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush on Saturday signed into law a temporary extension of a popular health insurance program for children after months of deadlock with the Democratic-led Congress.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by &#36;800 billion to &#36;8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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The House yesterday approved legislation vastly expanding a federal health insurance program for the children of the working poor, shrugging off a fresh veto threat from President Bush and the fierce opposition of House Republicans.
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A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President Bush vowed swiftly to cast his second straight veto on the issue.
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Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.
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The House on Thursday passed a &#36;145.9 billion package of tax relief to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts, giving President Bush his fourth major tax victory since taking office.
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The House Thursday passed a bill that would criminalize the use of spyware to commit fraud or other crimes, adding an additional two to five years to federal sentences.
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Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to a vote today, hoping that minor changes will win enough Republicans to beat Bush this round.
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A House panel on Thursday approved a 10-month extension for a trade program providing reduced tariffs for exports from the four Andean nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to override President George W. Bush's veto of a plan to expand a popular children's health care program and pay for it by raising tobacco taxes.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a  children&#39;s health care program and urged Congress to  temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out  differences.