Bush's vetoed children's healthcare while defending tax cuts for the wealthy

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Bush vetoed spending $35 billion over five years to provide health care for 4 million children, while defending the tax break that allows billionaire hedge fund operators to pay a lower rate than their receptionists

Source
“State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Reauthorization History,” The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2008. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7743.pdf