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Article: Senate approves expansion of children's health care program.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 2, 2007
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Byline: William Neikirk
WASHINGTON _ The Senate late Thursday followed the House by approving on a 68-31 vote a major expansion of a popular children's health care program, but a veto threat by President Bush and deep conservative opposition remained huge obstacles.
Yet it did not appear to be a vote exclusively about the program known as SCHIP, which stands for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, created in 1997 during the Clinton administration.
To many observers, the SCHIP votes in the House and Senate served as early tests of far-reaching legislation to provide universal health insurance coverage for all Americans, a goal pushed ...