Bush, Dems battle over kids' health care
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday prepared for a major battle over children's health care as President George W. Bush vowed to veto a Democratic-backed bill that would raise cigarette taxes to pay for expanding a program for kids in low-income families.
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The success of the decade-old Children's Health Insurance Program is exposing Washington's familiar ideological divisions over health care as Congress begins to work on renewing the state-federal program.
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DOWNINGTOWN, Pa.  - President Bush on Thursday  blamed the nation's health care woes on a "litigation culture"  protected by Democratic rival John Kerry, and accused him of  planning to give government sweeping powers to decide "who gets  the coverage and how much care you get."
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Bloomberg - Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats will seek a vote today on a revised version of the legislation expanding a U.S. children's health program that President George W. Bush vetoed.
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President George W. Bush and White House rival John Kerry are pushing competing remedies for the crippled US healthcare system, with some 45 million Americans are unable to afford health insurance.
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President Bush criticizes the "liberals in Congress" and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, arguing that they want "a government-run" health care plan in a television ad the campaign rolled out Monday.
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President Bush today rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats to renew the popular State Children's Health Insurance program.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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A small but influential group of US pediatricians issued a sharply partisan statement Wednesday criticizing President Bush&#39;s track record on child health.
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The Democratic-led U.S. Congress on  Thursday challenged President George W. Bush on children's  health care and lost, setting the stage for an emotionally  charged confrontation with Republicans in the 2008 elections.
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President Bush charged on Thursday that Democrat John Kerry&#39;s health care plan would give the government sweeping powers to decide &quot;who gets the coverage and how much
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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Saturday criticized Republicans in Congress for not supporting legislation to expand a popular children's health care program.
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Governors from both parties appealed yesterday for the Bush administration and Congress to provide more money for a health-care program that insures millions of children.
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President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children, saying that expanding the program would enlarge the role of the federal government at the expense of pr...
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President Bush slammed Democratic Sen. John Kerry's health care plan on Thursday as "an overpriced albatross," but Kerry condemned Bush's decision to limit funding for new stem cell research and said he had turned his back on science.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a children's health care program and urged Congress to temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out differences.
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TEMPE, Ariz.  - President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry battled over health care, jobs and taxes in their  final debate on Wednesday, with Bush criticizing Kerry's  "far-left" Senate record and Kerry arguing the middle class had  lost ground under the president.