House Democrats Predicted To Fall Short In Votes Needed To Override SCHIP Veto

(Fox News) Democrats appear to be about 15 votes short in the House heading into today's attempt to override Bush's veto of their $35 billion spending increase for the program.

The president has said the measure that passed Congress encourages families with higher incomes to drop private coverage so that they can get their insurance paid for by the government.

*** Update - The House came up short on its veto override vote this afternoon. As expected, Pelosi claimed that it was "For the children..." ***

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