Bush veto for child health bill

[Brains]

US President George W Bush has vetoed a bill to expand a children's healthcare insurance scheme, after it was passed with a large majority in the Senate.
Mr Bush argues it takes the programme beyond its original purpose of insuring children from low-income families.

The vetoed bill proposed higher tobacco taxes to provide an extra $35bn (£17bn) to insure some 10 million children.

Children's health insurance is set to be a campaign issue in next year's elections, analysts say.

Eighteen Republican senators joined Democrats last week in passing the legislation by a 67-29 vote.

But the House of Representatives, which approved the bill by 265-159, was well short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7026454.stm


190 billion to Iraq in 2008, but 35 to help your own is too much to ask?!

strange decision to me. what do you guys think?

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

you meant a 190 billion to help Haliburton with oil transfers from Iraq right?

[Brains]

naah!

[AYHJA]

"argues it takes the programme beyond its original purpose of insuring children from low-income families"

That seems fairly logical, let the bashing begin when we muster up evidence to show otherwise...

[Buffmaster]

The real reason for the veto is because of the fucking pork that was stuffed in the middle, not to mention insuring a family (children) if they earn $62,000 and below. You'll never hear the media say that, don't always believe what the media is spewing.


A cap of $62,000 is a little high for government handouts.