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Article: SENATE EXPECTED TO PASS AND SEND TO PRESIDENT BUSH LEGISLATION PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE TO MORE THAN 10 MILLION CHILDREN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 26, 2007
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The office of Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., has issued the following news release:
The Senate on Thursday is expected to pass and send to President Bush legislation providing health insurance to more than 10 million children. Incredibly, Bush has threatened to veto it. More than two-thirds of senators are expected to vote for the bill, enough to override a veto. The House late Tuesday approved the same legislation, but not by a veto-proof majority.
The bill would provide $60 billion to expand and extend for five years the popular Children's Health Insurance Program. The Vermont Congressional Delegation - Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy along with Congressman Peter Welch - said the ...