House Sustains Presidentâs Veto on Child Health
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Supporters of the bill were unable to convert a single House Republican who voted against the bill last month.
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The U.S. House of Representatives ignored a White House veto threat and voted on Thursday to allow government donations of contraceptives to family planning groups outside the United States even though they engage in abortion activities.
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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 Bush vetoed legislation this afternoon to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, as the White House sought to emphasize scientific advances that would allow researchers to pursue the potentially life-saving work without destroying human embryos.
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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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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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The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a health insurance bill for 10 million children, clearing the measure for President Bush, who said he would veto it.
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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.
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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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Defying a veto threat from President  George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a  bill on Thursday to finance expansion of a children&#39;s health  care program with an increase in tobacco taxes.
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The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill designed to boost federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, defying a veto threat by President George W. Bush.
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Defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to expand a health care program for children in low-income families and raise tobacco taxes to pay for it.
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House Democrats will keep fighting to expand the state-run Children's Health Insurance Program even if they fail Thursday to override President Bush's veto, the speaker of the House said.
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House Democrats on Thursday failed to override President Bush's veto of their pre-election year effort to expand a popular government health insurance program to cover 10 million children
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President Bush on Wednesday reiterated his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children's health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes.
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The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush headed for a fresh showdown over children's health care on Thursday after the House of Representatives approved a new bill expanding a popular insurance program despite a White House veto threat.
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The House of Representatives ignored a White House veto threat and passed on Friday a foreign aid bill that would allow government donations of contraceptives to family planning groups outside the United States even though they engage in abortion activities.