President 's veto of child health insurance bill sustained by the House

President Bush's veto of a bill that would have provided health insurance to 10 million children was sustained by The House on Thursday. It looks like the Dems don't have the power after all.

House Sustains President’s Veto on Child Health
By ROBERT PEAR and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG - Washington Post

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — The House on Thursday upheld President Bush’s veto of a bill to provide health insurance to 10 million children, but Democrats vowed to send it back to him next month, with minor changes, in the belief that they could ultimately prevail.

Despite a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign and intense lobbying by children’s advocates, supporters of the bill were unable to convert a single House Republican who voted against the bill last month.

....The bill would have increased spending on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program by $35 billion, bringing the total to $60 billion over the next five years. It would have provided coverage for nearly 4 million uninsured children, while continuing coverage for 6.6 million already on the rolls. Read it at the WashingtonPost.com