To appreciate the power of the U.S. presidency — evenwhen its current occupant's approval rating is only 31% —one need look no further than the political brawl over the StateChildren's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). On October 3, 2007,President George W. Bush vetoed legislation that would havereauthorized SCHIP for 5 years, asserting that it was too expensiveand would lead down a path to socialized medicine. On October18, despite pleas by Democrats and some senior Republican legislators,the House failed to garner the necessary two-thirds vote tooverride Bush's veto; the vote count was 273 . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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