House fails to override stem cell veto
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President Bush rejected legislation Wednesday that could have multiplied the federal money going into embryonic stem cell research, using the first veto of his presidency to underscore his stand on the emotionally charged, life-and-death issue.
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The U.S. 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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A Senate committee on Thursday joined the House of Representatives in defying a White House veto threat and moving to reverse a ban on contraception aid to overseas groups that offer abortion.
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House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem cell research.
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The Democratic-led Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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Supporters of a childrenâs health insurance bill failed, as expected, to override President Bushâs veto, falling 13 votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority of those present.
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives votes to pass an expanded child health bill, despite a renewed veto threat.
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The House joined the Senate yesterday in refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage, described by Republican supporters as a vital protection for traditional families
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The House defeated a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage yesterday in a vote on an election-year wedge issue that had already failed to pass the Senate.
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In a deepening conflict with the White House, Democrats pushed a revised children's health bill through the House on Thursday but lacked the votes to overcome a threatened second straight veto by President Bush.
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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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Congress came up short of a two-thirds majority to override the President's veto on stem-cell legislation.
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The House passed a bill to provide health insurance for 10 million children on Thursday, but supporters did not have enough votes to override the promised veto.
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President George W. Bush on  Wednesday vetoed legislation to expand federally funded  embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle to  override him in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress and likely  pushing the issue onto the 2008 election agenda.
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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 Wednesday vetoed for a second time a bill seeking to encourage potentially groundbreaking embryonic stem cell research, saying it violates the sanctity of human life.
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WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House on Thursday refused to endorse a Senate proposal addressing the Sept. 11 commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations, pushing ahead with a bill that would increase