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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 22 > U.S. House overrides Bush’s veto of farm bill

U.S. House overrides Bush’s veto of farm bill

By Stephen J. Hedges / The Bulletin
May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON — President Bush vetoed the long-embattled 2007 farm bill on Wednesday, saying it provides subsidies for farmers at a time of record crop prices, increases farm spending by $20 billion and uses “budget gimmicks to hide much of that increase.” But within....

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