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  • House passes farm bill again after printing error

    05/22/2008 10:51:53 AM PDT · by SmithL · 18 replies · 125+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 5/22/8 | MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer
    WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Democrats moved forward with plans to override President Bush's veto of a $290 billion farm bill Thursday despite a printing error that has turned a triumphant political victory into a vexing embarrassment. It seems that no one read the bill after it was printed on parchment paper and sent to the White House, where Bush vetoed it Wednesday. Missing was a 34-page section on international food aid and trade. Democratic leaders in the House decided to pass the bill again, including the missing section in the version that Bush got. That vote was 306-110, again enough to...