(Oh, I love it when the Globe alters their PAPER web site. Yeah, there isn't any CENSORSHIP going on!)
"Mix-up throws House veto override in doubt"
"WASHINGTON (AP) - The House overwhelmingly rejected President Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassment for Democrats.
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 Senate then was expected to follow suit quickly.
Action stalled, however, after the discovery that Congress had omitted a 34-page section of the bill when lawmakers sent the massive measure to the White House. That means Bush vetoed a different bill from the one Congress passed, leaving leaders scrambling to figure out whether it could become law.
Is there ANYTHING the DemocraPs can't FUCK UP, readers?
Democrats hoped to pass the entire bill, again, on Thursday under expedited rules usually reserved for unopposed legislation. The correct version would then be sent to Bush for another expected veto....
Pfffffffttt!
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 veto was the 10th of Bush's presidency. Congress so far has overridden him once, on a water projects bill.
With Bush at record lows in the polls in the waning months of his term, it was fellow Republicans who joined with majority Democrats in rejecting the veto. GOP lawmakers are anxious about their own prospects less than six months from the Election Day.
About two-thirds of the bill would pay for nutrition programs such as food stamps; about $40 billion is for farm subsidies; and additional $30 billion would go to farmers to idle their land and to other environmental programs.
Why is the government PAYING farmers to IDLE LAND?!
There is a FOOD CRISIS, haven't you heard?
You know, with gas so high and "global-warming" such a threat, why is there still NASCAR?
And what's with all the restaurant advertisements?
And sports! They'll never go away, huh?
Yup, the richer's playground is where all the excess $$$ goes, as the country crumbles around us.
Congressional Republicans overwhelmingly abandoned Bush in voting to pass the bill last week, overlooking its cost amid public concern about the weak economy and high gas and grocery prices. Supporters praised the spending on food stamps and emergency food aid.
Now why would this next passage have been edited out, readers?
"Twenty-five percent of my state is now in need of food assistance," said Representative Thaddeus G. McCotter, Republican of Michigan. "I work for them, not for the president."
YEAH!!!!!! I LIKE this guy!!!
Now, WHY would the Zionist-controlled MSM want to CUT THAT?
PROTECTING Bush? WHY?
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the legislation could make the situation worse for struggling families.
Like the White House gives a damn about struggling families!!
"Members are going to have to think about how they will explain these votes back in their districts at a time when prices are on the rise,'' she said. "People are not going to want to see their taxes increase.''
Unless it is to FUND WARS of OCCUPATION, right?
Bush said the legislation needlessly would expand government....
Excuse me?! BUSH is COMPLAINING about EXPANDED FEDERAL POWER?
(Blog author shaking his head in disbelief)
How much SHAMELESS GALL can a man possess?
"At a time when net farm income is projected to increase by more than $28 billion in 1 year, the American taxpayer should not be forced to subsidize that group of farmers who have adjusted gross incomes of up to $1.5 million,'' the president said in his veto message.
But MAKE the TAX CUTS PERMANENT!!!
I'm choking on the hypocrisy of this man, although I agree with the veto!
Wednesday's snag stemmed from an error made while printing the legislation on parchment before sending it to Bush....
The underlying bill would make small cuts to direct payments, which are distributed to some farmers no matter how much they grow. It also would eliminate some payments to individuals with more than $750,000 in annual farm income - or married farmers who make more than $1.5 million...."
Why are these people getting subsidies at all?!
Ron Paul is right!
All government is a RIP-OFF and LOOTING to the RICH!!!!
