Congressional negotiators said Tuesday they were nearing agreement on a revised children's health bill that they believed would withstand President Bush's veto.
Their goal is a measure that will attract about two dozen more House Republicans to a bid to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program by $35 billion.
That would provide a veto-proof margin on the hard-fought issue that has dominated Congress' domestic agenda in recent weeks. Bush's veto of a similar bill was narrowly upheld by the House.
"We are close," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters as the negotiators took an early evening break from the their …
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