The House failed to gather a two-thirds majority to override a presidential veto of the States Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The largely partisan vote, 273 to 156, included 44 Republicans joining Democrats to override, and two Democrats voting to sustain the veto. Two of each party did not vote.
Rep. John Boehner, House Minority leader, accused the Democrats of not paying attention to poor children; Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president is isolated from the nation's consensus and promised to deliver another bill within two weeks.
A breakdown of the vote can be found at The Washington Post.
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