President Bush has threatened to veto an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program that would provide 9 million more children with health care but could face the first veto override of his presidency, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The House and Senate have yet to pass the bill but many Republicans have said they would join Democrats in an override. Some Republicans have expressed concern that Democrats could use the president’s opposition to hurt GOP incumbents in the 2008 elections.
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows 65 percent of those polled disapprove of the president's job performance, second only to President Nixon's all-time low of 66 percent. The White House's new strategy is to veto bills in order to look strong and to play off a Congress that is also not very popular.
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