Focus turns to override of veto
Two N.C. Democrats who voted against SCHIP will be pushed to change sides
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE) - President Bush’s veto of a child health-care bill yesterday puts pressure on two Democratic House members from North Carolina to switch their votes from no to yes.
Only eight House Democrats voted against final passage of the bill, and two were North Carolinians, Reps. Mike McIntyre, D-7th, and Bob Etheridge, D-2nd. They objected to the 61-cent increase in federal taxes on cigarettes included in the bill to pay for expanding the number of children covered by federal health insurance.
Now, Democrats will try to muster the two-thirds vote in each house to override the veto. The Senate passed the bill with a veto-proof margin. But the House needs 25 more yes votes.
That puts McIntyre and Etheridge on the hot seat.
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE) - President Bush’s veto of a child health-care bill yesterday puts pressure on two Democratic House members from North Carolina to switch their votes from no to yes.
Only eight House Democrats voted against final passage of the bill, and two were North Carolinians, Reps. Mike McIntyre, D-7th, and Bob Etheridge, D-2nd. They objected to the 61-cent increase in federal taxes on cigarettes included in the bill to pay for expanding the number of children covered by federal health insurance.
Now, Democrats will try to muster the two-thirds vote in each house to override the veto. The Senate passed the bill with a veto-proof margin. But the House needs 25 more yes votes.
That puts McIntyre and Etheridge on the hot seat.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:26 PM
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