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July 20, 2007

Senate panel OKs measure for child health insurance

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Defying a veto threat from President Bush, a Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a compromise Thursday to expand health insurance for children of low-income working families by sharply raising tobacco taxes. The program Until now, the State Children's Health Insurance Program has been a federal-state collaboration with broad support from both parties. Legal

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