Senate Backs Expansion of Children’s Health Insurance Program
Posted by Catherine Morgan on August 3, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Thursday to add 3 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program in bipartisan defiance of President Bush’s threatened veto.
The 68-31 vote, one day after the House passed a more ambitious and expensive version over bitter Republican opposition, handed Democrats a solid achievement to trumpet as they leave Washington for a summer break. — read more from CNN
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