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Kids' Health Insurance Bill Stalls Again

House Dems fail to capture votes needed to foil Bush veto of popular measure

By Marcia Greenwood, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2007 3:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – House Democrats' plans to expand a children's health insurance program hit a brick wall again yesterday when they failed to attract the Republican votes necessary to override a presidential veto, reports the Washington Post. The final vote on a reworked $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was 265-142, more than a dozen votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to defeat a veto.

Of the 265 who voted for the legislation, 43 were Republicans, two fewer than supported the original bill in September. Regardless of the final outcome, Dems believe the battle is a winning issue for them. If they work out a compromise, they can claim victory. If the measure stalls, they can skewer Republicans for killing a popular program to help kids without health insurance.

President Bush pounds his fist as he delivers remarks on Cuba Policy, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Associated Press)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., pauses while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, after the House failed to override President Bush's veto of the spending increase for... (Associated Press)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. center, speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2007, after the House failed to override President Bush's veto of the spending... (Associated Press)

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