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  House Passes Children's Health Bill
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Last EditedArmyDem  Sep 25, 2007 11:35pm
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MediaNewspaper - Washington Post
News DateThursday, September 27, 2007 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionDespite Strong Republican Support, Threatened Veto Will Probably Stand

By Christopher Lee and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, September 26, 2007; Page A04

A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.

The Senate will take up the bill later this week and is expected to send it to the president with a veto-proof, bipartisan majority. But amid furious White House lobbying, even Republican advocates in the House ruefully conceded that they will probably fall short of the 290 votes they will need next week to override the promised veto.

"I think it's a heavy lift," said Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.), a perennial political target of the Democrats who worked hard for the bill's passage yesterday. "The administration has come to this debate very late, and, as a result, they're asking us to take one for the team here."

Last night, 45 Republicans voted for the bill -- more than Republican supporters had expected and a sharp jump from the five who supported the original House version in August. Eight Democrats voted against it.
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