Health Care for Kids--VETOED

Source: "Democrats begin push to override veto of kids health insurance bill"

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-03/politics/bush.veto_1_veto-of-kids-health-schip-house-vote?_s=PM:POLITICS

From the Constitution

Article 1
Section 7
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.
Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.


Connecting to the Constitution

This article was written in October of 2007 during George Bush's presidency. It was written to inform the public of Bush's decision to veto a bill proposed for health care for children. Many of the Democrats disagreed with Bush's decision. In order to override the presidents veto, many of the Democrats tried to get republicans to vote against the presidents veto in the rehearing of the bill. Nancy Pelosi -- the speaker of the house also tried to get the republicans vote. During the re-hearing of this bill the house of representatives got a 2/3 vote letting the bill go on to the Senate. Unfortunately the veto was not override because the senate vote 67 out of 100.
"I believe in private medicine, not the federal government running the health care system. I do want Republicans and Democrats to come together to support a bill that focuses on the poorer children," -- this is what President Bush said. I highly disagree with him. Why shouldn't the government try to help poorer children? Personally, I think the government should help poorer children because everyone needs health care. The world may never know, that child that died because Bush didn't help them could have came up with the cure for cancer, or the vaccine for aids.