Senate Defies Bush; Approves Tobacco Tax Hike to Fund Child Health
"In an overwhelming majority of 17 to 4, and in defiance of a threatened veto by President Bush, the US Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to expand child health care using a large increase in tobacco tax. Most of the Republicans on the Committee joined the Democrats to vote in favour of the bill," reports Medical News Today.
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rudkla - 20. Jul, 22:33
