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WASHINGTON--President Bush's veto of a bill to provide abortion assistance to impoverished victims of rape and incest was sustained in the House yesterday as a 231-191 vote to override him fell 51 votes short of the necessary two-thirds margin...
...vote, in which 42 Republicans joined 189 Democrats in the unsuccessful bid to enact the bill over the president's veto, left intact an 8-year-old ban of federal financing of abortions for poor women, except when their lives are threatened...
FOOTNOTE: *To vote for your favorite news photo in this issue, write to Photojournalism, P.O. Box 6000, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10185. Give the page number and headline of the caption. Sometime after Dec. 15, 1989, we'll publish the results...
...bill now requires a final senate enactment vote and the governor's signature. Supporters said they expect little difficulty in getting the Senate to approve its own amended bill, and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has promised to sign...
...Senate is expected to hold the final vote on the bill sometime this week...