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Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill
Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill
The measure would provide $60 billion over the next five years, $35 billion more than current spending and $30 billion more than the president proposed. Mr. Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-class families. picked by marli 11 months ago
tags bush george bush veto children's health bill insurance cigarette tax
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 kissmeno...
11 months ago
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 Ellz
11 months ago
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 unzercha...
11 months ago
Upvoted for very appropriate themepic.
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 moe
11 months ago
George Bush is the worst president since Warren G Harding and possibly before. Ugh.
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 DoggySpe...
11 months ago
Meh. Just run it through congress again, and then Bush has no say in it.

Which is already underway:
In an attempt to defeat the veto, Mr. Grassley said he would try to persuade some House members who voted against the insurance bill to switch their positions. There is already enough support in the Senate to override the veto, so the main battleground will be in the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on an override measure in about two weeks.
That is how democracy works: The president works for the people, not vice versa.
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 T1000
11 months ago
How about instead of saying something like a knee-jerk, "Bush is teh worst evar!!!" you do a little research?

The expanded SCHIP bill for "poor kids" was going to cover "children" up to 19 years old, and "poor" families with an income of up to $75,000 a year.
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 Moe
11 months ago
How about when I make an educated opinion known you don't have a knee jerk reaction and assume I am a slack jawed yokel with no brain?

I actually DO know a bit about the bill. I happen to have 3 kids who have no insurance because we are "not poor enough" to qualify. Interesting to hear that when the combined family income is less than $45K per year.

And yes I do believe that Bush is the worst president since Harding. And NO this is not the only reason. There are many, many, many more reasons why. And every one of them is an educated reason.
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