Posted on 05/21/2008 3:57:02 PM PDT by batter
WASHINGTON — The House quickly rejected George W. Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill and the Senate was poised to follow suit, a stark rebuke of a president overridden only once in his two terms.
Only hours before the House's 316-108 vote, Bush had vetoed the five-year measure, saying it was too expensive and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high.
The legislation includes election-year subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor — spending that lawmakers could promote when they are back in their districts over the Memorial Day weekend.
The Senate could turn to the bill as soon as Wednesday night; there were expected to be enough votes to overturn the veto.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
GOP keep lining up at the trough, it's done wonders for you so far.
If you feel like venting a bit, Rep. Tom Cole, rino, Oklahoma, posted a little article on the NRCC blog about how the ‘pubs are gonna work miracles. 2000 replies in 5 days.
http://blog.nrcc.org/comment.cfm?entry_id=400
Talk about a Circular Firing Squad!
If these idiot R’s were any dumber, they’d be Democrats!
Party of smaller gov’t. Bullshite.
“The farm bill also would:
—Boost nutrition programs, including food stamps and emergency domestic food aid, by more than $10 billion over 10 years. It would expand a program to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to schoolchildren.
—Increase subsidies for certain crops, including fruits and vegetables excluded from previous farm bills.
—Extend and expand dairy programs.
—Increase loan rates for sugar producers.
—Urge the government to buy surplus sugar and sell it to ethanol producers for use in a mixture with corn.
—Cut a per-gallon ethanol tax credit for refiners from 51 cents to 45 cents. The credit supports the blending of fuel with the corn-based additive. More money would go to cellulosic ethanol, made from plant matter.
—Require that meats and other fresh foods carry labels with their country of origin.
—Stop allowing farmers to collect subsidies for multiple farm businesses.
—Reopen a major discrimination case against the Agriculture Department. Thousands of black farmers who missed a deadline would get a chance to file claims alleging they were denied loans or other subsidies.
—Provide the first-ever infusion of federal farm dollars — more than $400 million — to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
—Pay farmers for weather-related farm losses from a new $3.8 billion disaster relief fund.
Ouch. That’ll leave a mark.
I'm sorry to say this, but it is getting harder to tell the difference.
I emailed Cole’s office, also:
“CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?”
I agree. The people of this country should send a message to Congress before they over ride the President. This country had better start getting pissed off.
“Tom Cole:
Stop asking me for a donation. I have two words for you:
FARM BILL!
You keep spending, I’ll keep saying no!
Posted: linda on May 21, 2008 at 6:49 PM”
Found this one to be representative.
“Tom Cole:
Stop asking me for a donation. I have two words for you:
FARM BILL!
You keep spending, I’ll keep saying no!
Posted: linda on May 21, 2008 at 6:49 PM”
Found this one to be representative.
One more failure for the GOP....one more opportunity missed.
They R democrats!
From the article - “”Twenty-five percent of my state is now in need of food assistance,” said Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter, R-Mich. “I work for them, not for the president.””
Doesn’t this idiot know that it’s the fault of the stupid Governor of that so many people need help? Do I have to pay for that Governor’s stupidity with my tax dollars?? A revolution in this country was started for less than what is going on now. Has this country lost its testicular fortitude to do anything anymore? This is what you get when more people voting that are on government assistance than those who are not. Who is going to vote themselves less handouts?
Something needs to be done before it’s too late...but I fear that it’s already past that point.
Boy am I glad they are going to override his veto. Archer Daniels Midland really needed a few more $$$$Billions to go with the $$$$Billions that they’ve already been given. I just so love welfare for the rich.
There's the one reasonable thing. What smart congresscritter put this one in?
We need to get out of this one party system.
The President’s veto should be sustained (unfortunately it probably won’t be) for all the reasons noted. However, people should bear in mind that 70% of the money in the bill goes to nutrition programs, not agriculture. Don’t blame the price tag all on the farmers.
Thanks for the link. That was fun.
>> —Stop allowing farmers to collect subsidies for multiple farm businesses.
> There’s the one reasonable thing. What smart congresscritter put this one in?
>> —Require that meats and other fresh foods carry labels with their country of origin.
This is another good one.
This is both “necessary and proper”, don’t you see?
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