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If it fails to live up to itscommitments, it will be defeated," he said. Ignatieff said the planned C$85 billion ($70 billion) indeficits over five years that were announced in the budget hadcome right up against the limit of what was tolerable, and hewanted to avoid using his amendment to ask for even morespending. The financial plan includes a two-year C$40 billionstimulus package. Many analysts expect Canada will now not now face anelection before the autumn or even next year.

cents after theLiberal announcement, before slipping to C$1.2130 on unrelatednews by the U.S Federal Reserve. New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton bitterly criticizedIgnatieff for what he said was the creation of a new coalition one with Harper. "Far from holding (Harper's) feet to the fire, he's givenhim a 'get out of jail' card for free," Layton said Ignatieff rejected the charge "No alliance exists withthis government," he told the House. Stephane Dion, the man Ignatieff replaced last month as thehead of the Liberal Party, had argued that the party should notautomatically have to vote against the government but that drewridicule from his opponents for propping up the Conservativestoo often "Mr Ignatieff has decided to follow in the footsteps ofMr Dion," the New Democrats' Layton scoffed.

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Senate on Wednesday moved closer to approving an expansion of a popular children's health care program after rejecting Republican efforts to pare down eligibility requirements. Barack Obama? ? ? ? HealthDemocrats want to give President Barack Obama an early victory on a campaign promise to provide health care coverage to more children and send to him legislation that mirrors bills twice vetoed by former President George W. Bush.The $31.5 billion bill would provide 4 million more children with health insurance. Currently, 7.4 million are covered by the program, for which funding expires March 31.The Senate rejected several amendments offered by Republicans who complained the latest version of the State Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP fails to target coverage to low-income families."Republicans are committed to making sure every child has access to affordable health insurance, but there are important differences between Republicans and Democrats in how you get there," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.One important dispute regards immigrants. Under current law, legal immigrants must wait for five years before they become eligible for either Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor, or SCHIP.