After Bush veto, SCHIP strategy shifts to courting override votes
October 8th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Cox
Washington — Supporters of a $35 billion State Children’s Health Insurance Program expansion Congress adopted last month are working to get enough votes to override a presidential veto, but it will be an uphill battle.
Although the Senate passed the bill on Sept. 27 with a veto-proof majority, the House two days earlier fell 24 votes short of that mark. Bush vetoed the bill Oct. 3. The legislation “would move Men’s health care in this country in the wrong direction,” he said.