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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?

naah!

"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...

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.