Dems end the year without health victory
AP/Yahoo News, December 20, 2007
The House has temporarily extended the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The move hands Democratic leaders a disappointing end to their efforts to cover an additional 4 million children. The extension for SCHIP will provide states with enough money to cover those enrolled in the program through March 2009, but Democrats had demanded more for several months.
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