Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise — but a veto is...
Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report.
Shortly after House and Senate...
Increase the nutrition programs, including food stamps and emergency domestic food assistance, by more than $10 billion. It would also expand a program to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to schoolchildren;
Expand subsidies for certain...
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Agriculture Secretary Ed Shafer said flatly Thursday that President Bush will veto the farm bill, setting up an election-year confrontation that could sorely test the loyalties of rural Republicans.
"I have visited face to face with our president...
