House to Vote on Overriding Veto of U.S. Kids' Health Measure

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Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- House supporters of legislation to expand a U.S. children's health program will attempt today to override President George W. Bush's veto, as they weigh whether to compromise if they fall short.

Bush's rejection on Oct. 3 of the legislation to add $35 billion over five years to the State Children's Health Insurance Program was the fourth veto of his presidency. None has been overturned, and Bush said yesterday it's ``unlikely'' this one will be.

If the veto stands, Democrats who control Congress would have to decide whether to settle for less money and stricter limits on the family income of kids covered by the program, as Bush has proposed, or to keep sending him the same measure and attempt to blame the president for leaving poor children without health care.

``If you're a Democrat, you may be thinking, `Maybe it's good if we do lose' because you can hold it up as a poster boy of what's wrong with the Republican Party,'' said Dennis W. Johnson, a professor of political management at George Washington University in Washington, in an interview.

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Geeeeeeeez, for Pete's sake ~~ I am hoping all the Congresscritters knock off the political pontificating and get SCHIP passed. It's the KIDS that are the issue....not what is good or bad for a particular political party!

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1. will nancy the caver get pistol whipped again nt