儿童健康节目由布什炸开了

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9月. 29 (Bloomberg) -乔治· W.总统。 布什说一个计划由Congress扩展儿童健康保险节目是“不负责任”和被责骂的立法委员为了不能通过消费法律对资金政府。

“国会领导在他的每周广播电台地址提出了将显著扩展这个节目在它原始的意向之外的一个不负责任的计划”，布什说。 “他们知道我将否决它”。

Bush also signed today a stopgap spending measure that continues funding federal agencies, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other programs at current levels until Nov. 16, buying time for lawmakers to act on regular spending bills.

Congress this week sent Bush legislation supported by Democrats and many of his fellow Republicans that would more than double the funds for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as Schip. The measure would add $35 billion over five years to the $25 billion program. To pay for the expansion, the federal tobacco tax would be raised to $1 a pack of cigarettes from the current 39 cents.

Democrats enlisted a 12-year-old boy who received life- saving care through U.S.-subsidized health insurance to deliver their response to Bush’s radio address today. Supporters of the measure say it is needed to add about 3.8 million needy children to the 6 million now covered.

Political Advantage

Bush has said he would veto the legislation because it would provide subsidized health care to middle-class children whose families can afford private insurance. Democrats see political advantage in Bush’s veto vow.

The president criticized the Democratic-controlled Congress for failing to pass any of 12 spending bills to fund government operations in fiscal 2008, which begins Oct. 1.

“Congress failed in its most basic responsibility,” Bush said.

The Republican-controlled Congress last year also had to send Bush a stopgap measure after failing to complete work on spending legislation.

Since 1977, Congress has only three times approved all its spending measures by the Sept. 30 deadline, according to the Concord Coalition, a Washington-based research group.

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