Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: La bestia pone ancora un veto

Stavolta contro la salute dei bambini non assicurati. I costi della guerra 
sono sostenibili; quelli sociali, a quanto pare, no. Nulla di nuovo.
Namib
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10/03/07 - 05:00 AM
Bush to Veto Child Health Plan
http://www.columbian.com/news/APStories/AP10032007news208162.cfm
Oct 3, 10:51 AM EDT
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, in a confrontation with Congress, on 
Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded 
children's health insurance.
It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some 
Republicans feared could carry steep risks for their party in next year's 
elections. The Senate approved the bill with enough votes to override the 
veto, but the margin in the House fell short of the required number.
The White House sought as little attention as possible, with the president 
wielding his veto behind closed doors without any fanfare or news coverage.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program is a joint state-federal 
effort that subsidizes health coverage for 6.6 million people, mostly 
children, from families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not 
enough to afford their own private coverage.
The Democrats who control Congress, with significant support from 
Republicans, passed the legislation to add $35 billion over five years to 
allow an additional 4 million children into the program. It would be funded 
by raising the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents to $1 per pack.
The president had promised to veto it, saying the Democratic bill was too 
costly, took the program too far from its original intent of helping the 
poor, and would entice people now covered in the private sector to switch to 
government coverage. He wants only a $5 billion increase in funding.
Bush argued that the congressional plan would be a move toward socialized 
medicine by expanding the program to higher-income families.
Democrats deny that, saying their goal is to cover more of the millions of 
uninsured children and noting that the bill provides financial incentives 
for states to cover their lowest-income children first. Of the over 43 
million people nationwide who lack health insurance, 9 percent, or over 6 
million, are under 18 years old.
Eighteen Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate, enough to override 
Bush's veto. But this was not the case in the House, where despite sizable 
Republican support, supporters of the bill are about two dozen votes short 
of a successful override.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Democrats were imploring 15 
House Republicans to switch positions but had received no agreements so far.
House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he was "absolutely confident" 
that the House would be able to sustain Bush's expected veto.
Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., said Congress should be able to 
reach a compromise with Bush once he vetoes the bill. "We should not allow 
it to be expanded to higher and higher income levels, and to adults. This is 
about poor children," he said. "But we can work it out."
It took Bush six years to veto his first bill, when he blocked expanded 
federal research using embryonic stem cells last summer. In May, he vetoed a 
spending bill that would have required troop withdrawals from Iraq. In June, 
he vetoed another bill to ease restraints on federally funded stem cell 
research.
In the case of the health insurance program, the veto is a bit of a 
high-stakes gambit for Bush, pitting him against both the Democrats who have 
controlled both houses of Congress since January, but also many members of 
his own party and the public.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched radio ads Monday 
attacking eight GOP House members who voted against the bill and face 
potentially tough re-election campaigns next year.
And Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County 
and Municipal Employees union, said a coalition of liberal groups planned 
more than 200 events throughout the nation to highlight the issue.

 Namib
#_Quoto...
I Caligola idiota, sta facendo rotolare un grande paese nell'oscurantismo 
piu` profondo.
Giano 

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vuoi sapere se il Tg1 di Riotta almeno questa sera ha dato la notizia
di questo veto presidenziale su una cosa come le spese sanitarie per
bambini poveri?
Beh no, anche questa sera non ha dato la notizia su questa vicenda,
eppure era una notizia visto che c'e' stato il veto presidenziale.
Il servizio da NY era sulla prossima Britney Spears.
E meno male che sto Riotta è andato a sostituire quella merda
berlusconiana di Mimun .
sergio

 berlusconiana di Mimun .
Hai ragione al 100%. Riotta si è dimostrato il peggior direttore di tg 1 
(che pure ha una nauseabonda tradizione): immonda cronaca nera, papa, 
pastone "doroteo" & cazzate varie (cani, gatti & Britney Spears; che i 
nostri simpatici amici non si adontino per l'accostamento). Sulla ripugnante 
ostinazione con la quale questo "giornalista" continua ad occuparsi OGNI 
SANTO GIORNO di quel cazzo di innominabile delitto, trattandolo come un 
"giallo", una fiction, manco non ci fossero delle cazzo di persone vive (o 
ex-vive) fra gli "interpreti", beh, è meglio stendere un velo pietoso: ma 
per soffocarci dentro Riotta. Si dimetta. Si impicchi.
Namib 

 Hai ragione al 100%. Riotta si è dimostrato il peggior direttore di tg 1
no, perché vi aspettavate di meglio da un simile imbecille?
Manco sa parlare l'italiano decentemente
A 

di nuovo.
Peccato che certi *PIRLA* non guardino da dove vengono i soldi per
finanziare "i costi sociali".
-Stefano