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Long Stalled by GOP, Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Program Is Approved in House

 

Published 1/15/2009 by Shailagh Murray and Ceci Connolly at Wash Post In Congress

The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the first in a series of stalled measures expected to move quickly through the Democratic Congress as President Bush leaves office. (link)

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