Veto Stands on Measure to Expand Health Plan
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Democrats cited the economyâs downturn as a reason to expand a health insurance program for children, but the House sustained President Bushâs veto of the measure.
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President Bush faces a fresh showdown with Congress after it votes to expand child health insurance.
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LOS ANGELES -- With his own party sidelined, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is working with Democrats to produce a bill that would extend health insurance to everyone in the nation's largest state if voters approve new taxes to pay for it.
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House Democratic leaders failed again on Wednesday to override President Bushâs veto of a bill to expand a popular childrenâs health insurance program.
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President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Friday of wasting time by passing legislation to expand children's health coverage, knowing that he would veto it again. At the same time, he criticized Congress for failing to approve spending bills to keep the government running.
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RICHMOND, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday urged Virginia's congressional delegation to help override President Bush's veto of an expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, saying 83,000 kids in the state could lose coverage if the veto stands.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a universal health care bill Friday, saying it would create a "vast new bureaucracy."
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The struggling economy gives Democratic lawmakers another weapon in their effort to expand a popular children's health insurance program. In the end, however, they appear to have made little headway in overcoming a presidential veto.
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Lawmakers in a key Senate committee brokered a bipartisan agreement Friday that they said would extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children in the U.S.
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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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The House of Representatives on Wednesday sustained President George W. Bush's second veto of bill to expand a popular federal children's health program.
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President George W. Bush on  Wednesday will veto legislation to expand federally funded  embryonic stem cell research, aides said, triggering an uphill  battle in the Democratic-led Congress to override him.
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Democrats in the U.S. House of  Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a revised bill to expand  health insurance for needy children, hopeful they will muster  enough support to override another possible veto by President  George W. Bush.
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President George W. Bush on  Wednesday vetoed legislation to expand federally funded  embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle in  the Democratic-led Congress to override him.
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LANDOVER, Maryland  - A veto threat by President George W. Bush over a measure to expand a government health program for children triggered outrage on Wednesday from congressional Democrats and advocacy groups.
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U.S. congressional leaders on Friday said they reached agreement on legislation to expand a health-care program for children in low-income families, setting up a potential showdown with President George W. Bush who has vowed to veto it.
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Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes.