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...folks who, say, recently lost their jobs and can't make ends meet. The $35 billion expansion, critics warn, is the Dems' first step toward socialized medicine. "Their proposal would move millions of children who now have private health insurance into government-run health care," says Bush, whose promised veto could come as early...
...Republicans agree. The Senate passed the measure in August with the support of 14 Republicans. And Wilson was one of 45 House Republicans who voted for it in late September, though there were not enough GOP supporters to overcome Bush's expected veto. The White House is "on the wrong side of this issue," says Wilson, who holds one of the most vulnerable GOP House seats. Pressuring members to vote against children's health care is not the best idea for a party trying to regain power, she adds...
...State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which was authorized yesterday by the House of Representatives. The program provides medical coverage to children in low income families. The bill is likely to garner significant support in the Senate, but President George W. Bush has promised to veto...
...staunchest environmental advocates. It was students who worked to ensure the 2004 adoption of the six guiding "Sustainability Principles" for the Allston development. Soon after, students passed a referendum that called for an optional wind-energy fee to be added to their term bills. Despite a prompt veto of the measure by the University administration, students voted green again in 2006, demanding emissions reduction targets for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) through another College-wide referendum...
...Services Committee Monday night, "I can't tell you whether there are 60 votes for Levin-Reed." Yet he knows that the task of changing U.S. policy on Iraq is a long game. Even if the measure eventually is adopted, Levin noted on Monday, the President is likely to veto it. Levin pledged to be as patient about finding 67 votes to override such veto in the future as he has been about getting to 60 votes in the last 16 months...