A
Anonymous
Guest
Now Bush wants it so we can take US taxpayers money and subsidize Australian beef or Indias wheatfarmers- to give away to other needy countries :shock:
We can't get rid of this idiot fast enough........
We can't get rid of this idiot fast enough........
Congress reaches farm bill agreement
By PHILIP BRASHER • Register Washington Bureau • May 7, 2008
Des Moines Register - Iowa
Washington, D.C. – Lawmakers headed toward a showdown with President Bush over their new farm bill after agreeing on final details of the legislation that maintains the existing system of crop subsidies.
Bush discussed the bill privately with leading Republican lawmakers Wednesday.
During the meeting, Bush did not explicitly threaten to veto the legislation, but “he made it clear he was still not there,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. Bush and administration officials have raised a number of objections to the bill.
Goodlatte and other lawmakers said the bill should have strong support in both the House and Senate, but it would require a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override a veto.
Bush has said the bill is too costly and doesn’t go far enough to tighten income eligibility limits for wealthy recipients of farm subsidies. The administration also wanted the bill to liberalize rules for international food aid so that some commodities could be procured closer to where they are needed rather than being shipped from the United States.
“I’m still hopeful the president will sign this bill,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said after a two-hour meeting in the Capitol of the congressional negotiators who worked out the bill’s final details.
The lawmakers refused to disclose any details of the final agreement in advance of a news conference on Thursday.
They had been working to finalize new income caps for subsidy recipients. An earlier version would have allowed a couple with farm income of $1.9 million before their subsidies started phasing out.
desmoinesregister.com