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Child Health Bill Heads for Veto

Showdown looms as Senate passes bill with GOP support

By Vasiliki t Touhouliotis,  Newser User

Posted Sep 28, 2007 6:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – The stage was set for a confrontation with the president yesterday as the Senate passed a bill expanding health insurance for children's with a veto-proof, bipartisan majority of 67 to 29. Bush has repeatedly vowed to veto the measure, which drew the support of 18 of 49 Senate Republicans, including many of the presidents usual allies, reports the Washington Post. The measure passed the House earlier in the week, but without the votes to override.

The showdown over the popular bill, which would renew and expand a program aimed at low-income children, is likely to bloody GOP lawmakers who are up for re-election next year. Intense lobbying and advertising campaigns are already being launched to pressure House Republicans to abandon the president; Democrats threaten to make anyone who opposes it pay at the polls.

President Bush speaks before signing H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush speaks before signing H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (Associated Press)
Republican Senators, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky, Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, to discuss the State Children's Health Insurance Program.. (AP...
Republican Senators, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky, Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., take part in a news conference...   (Associated Press)
President Bush pauses while making a statement to reporters during his meeting with acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell and Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, both not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush pauses while making a statement to reporters during his meeting with acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell and Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, both not pictured, in the Oval...   (Associated Press)
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