1.0 link 69006 <![CDATA[GOP To Poor Kids: Better Not Get Sick]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/18/gop-to-poor-kids-better-n_n_69006.html House Democrats failed Thursday to override President Bush's veto of their pre-election year effort to expand a popular government health insurance program to cover 10 million children.

The bill had bipartisan support but the 273-156 roll call was 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority supporters needed to enact the bill into law despite Bush's objections. The bill had passed the Senate with a bigger than two-thirds majority.

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