House Passes Revised Children's Health Bill, but Timing Irks

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House Passes Revised Children's Health Bill, but Timing Irks GOP« Thread Started on Oct 26, 2007, 9:02pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------House Passes Revised Children's Health Bill, but Timing Irks GOPBy Jonathan WeismanWashington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 26, 2007; Page A04 read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con....src=newsle tterAfter hours of partisan warfare and delay, the House easily approved a new version of legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program yesterday, but the vote failed to get any more Republicans to override another promised veto from President Bush. The 265 to 142 tally included 43 Republicans, two fewer than the version that passed Sept. 25. Democratic leaders made changes to answer Republican criticism: tightening rules to exclude illegal immigrants from the program, adding incentives for states to drop families earning more than 300 percent of the poverty line, and driving adults from the program faster.