SCHIP Passes House but GOP Can Sustain Veto

• By Steven T. Dennis
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 25, 2007, 10:25 p.m.

The House passed a $35 billion plan to more than double spending on children’s health care over the next five years on a 265-159 vote Tuesday, but Republicans showed that they have the votes to easily sustain a promised presidential veto.