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Democrats Plan to Override Veto On Health Bill « Thread Started on Sept 30, 2007, 10:23pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats Plan to Override Veto On Health Bill by Nisha Chittal, Staff Writerread at source> http://tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=3200On Friday, Congress Democrats met to map out a strategy to override President Bush's expected veto on a healthcare bill that will provide health insurance for over 10 million uninsured children. House and Senate Democrats sounded off on the bill. “It’s ironic that in the very same week that the president says he’s going to veto the bill because we can’t afford it, he is asking, what, for $45 billion more over and above his initial request for the war in Iraq, money that we know is being spent without accountability, without a plan for how we can leave Iraq," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, said, “This is all a matter of priorities: the cost of Iraq, $333 million a day; the cost of Schip, $19 million a day.” The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate last week, would provide $60 billion for the program over the next five years, up from the current $35 billion . This past Wednesday, the administration said it was seeking $42 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing its total request to nearly $190 billion for the 2008 fiscal year, which begins Monday, reports the New York Times.