House Defies Bush and Passes Insurance Bill
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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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The House, by a vote of 280 to 141, gave final approval last night to a far-reaching tax bill that provides a rich array of breaks to manufacturing companies, energy producers and small businesses and underwrites a $10 billion buyout of American tobacco
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Union construction workers would gain a hiring advantage for more projects under legislation the House passed Thursday, the latest in a series of pro-labor measures by Democrats that President Bush has promised to veto.
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The House on Wednesday passed a new defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for troops.
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President Bush&#39;s signature accomplishment in health care was the passage of a Medicare reform bill last fall that provided, for the first time, coverage for prescription drugs.
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The U.S. House of Representatives hasÂ passed a bill to overhaul the nation's patent system, overcoming objections by many Republicans, small inventors and some labor unions.
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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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A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.
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The US House of Representatives failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President Bush to ban gay marriage.
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The House of Representatives on  Friday approved legislation that extends popular tax breaks,  opens the Gulf of Mexico to new oil and gas drilling and  cancels a scheduled pay cut for doctors who treat the elderly  under Medicare.
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The US House of Representatives today solidly defeated the Marriage Protection Amendment, formerly the Federal Marriage Amendment.
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Rejected by voters and limping off stage, the Republican-led House on Friday passed a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks and preventing doctors from taking a big cut in Medicare payments.
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Union construction workers would gain a hiring advantage for more projects under legislation the House passed Friday, the latest in a series of pro-labor measures by Democrats that President Bush has promised to veto.
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The Democratic-controlled House failed on Thursday to override President Bush's veto of a politically popular children's health bill, and the White House instantly called for compromise talks on a replacement.
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The Democratic-led U.S. Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to roll back his restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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The House of Representatives on  Saturday passed a $32 billion bill funding homeland security  programs this year after days of political fighting over the  measure.
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House leaders today overcame GOP resistance to a major bill revamping the nation's intelligence operations, scheduling a late-afternoon vote that they predicted would pass comfortably.