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President Obama signed a bill Wednesday extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans.

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The government is poised to extend health coverage to 4 million more lower-income children, a first step in President Barack Obama's promise to shrink the ranks of the uninsured.

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The Democratic-controlled Congress moved a step closer to handing President Barack Obama an early health care victory Thursday as the Senate passed a bill extending government-sponsored health insurance coverage to about 4 million uninsured children.

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Senate Republicans fell short Wednesday in their effort to limit the expansion of a government health insurance program for lower-income children.

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A key Senate committee voted yesterday to expand a children's health insurance program to cover an additional 4 million uninsured children. The vote came one day after the House overwhelmingly supported a similar measure.

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With enthusiastic support from President-elect Barack Obama, the House on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Similar versions of the bill, extending coverage to four million uninsured children, had previously been vetoed.

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The House is poised to give Barack Obama a quick legislative victory by approving a bill to expand a health insurance program for children, making a down payment on the president-elect's promise to provide coverage to every child in the country.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011302790....

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Congress is expected to easily pass a children's health-care bill that will lift a ban on benefits for immigrants.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123181207184876121.html

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