Mix-up puts House farm bill veto override in doubt

AP via SFGate ^ | 5/21/8 | MARY CLARE JALONICK and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writers

[SmithL]

The House overwhelmingly rejected George W. Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassing episode 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.

[SmithL]

Where's that ha-ha kid?

[gridlock]

Show of hands.... Does anybody out there think this was an accident?

[Huck]

Idiots. Now let’s waste some more time, resend it, he can reveto it, then you can reoverride it. Yea, let’s put these fools in charge of our health care system.

[acapesket]

Faith lives in failure.
Hope you’re right about the “accident”!
Please elucidate.

[Shermy]

“Does anybody out there think this was an accident?”

Yes. Proof: Congress acted incredibly quickly in all regards so not to let this atrocity get a full airing, and have this pass as far before the election as possible. Doesn’t surprise me there was a screw-up due to haste.

[Jet Jaguar]

[xjcsa]

[Jet Jaguar]

Worst Congress ever.

[SmithL]

Yeah! That’s the one!

[Mr. Mojo]

That means Bush vetoed a different bill from the one Congress passed, leaving leaders scrambling to figure out whether it could become law.

Makes no sense. The version he vetoed obviously can't become law, and the full version hasn't yet reached his desk. ...but he'll veto it if/when it does. So what's this "law" business?

[NonValueAdded]

I don’t think it was deliberate but that doesn’t necessarily mean it then was an accident. Instead, I think it was pure incompetence from Pelosi who is angling to get her picture in the dictionary for that word. Yes, I know she didn’t personally type up the bill but she did select the staff and it happened on her watch. She’s two heartbeats away from the Presidency and that scares me greatly. Prayers for Cheney’s health.

[Mr. Mojo]

Ah I see...the override. Forget it.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Bureaucratic snafu ... nothing more, nothing less ... nothing to see here people, move along move along, all is well .....

/sarc off

[WesternPacific]

I think it was, otherwise we would be giving the idiots too much credit.

[goldstategop]

Its unconstitutional. But its not like the Democrats much care about abiding by its letter and its spirit. Pork's more important in Washington and for both parties, that overrides the lip service they give to the Constitution.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Christopher Lincoln]

Not an accident; a blunder.

[Wolfie]

Seems kind of silly. I doubt if anyone has even read 34 pages of the thing.

[Christopher Lincoln]

...an embarrassing episode for Democrats.

Not for Democrats only, I regret to say. There are not 316 Democrats in the House.

[TheThinker]

Bush was right to veto this measure when rich farmers and Big Ethanol is making millions. Call your idiot congresscritter and tell him or her where they can shove their override.

[TheThinker]

All Bush needs to say is vetoing this bill is a beginning to getting the economy back on track. Everything’s too lopsided right now.