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| November 01, 2007 | Murphy, Ayana; Chang, Emily C. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DEFYING PRESIDENT BUSH'S VETO threat, the Senate overwhelmingly voted 68 to 31 to expand a program that would provide healthcare coverage to more than 9 million low-income children. An increase in tobacco taxes would provide an extra $35 billion to assist working families who can't ...

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