Category: veto
-
President Ready To Vote No
What does the administration <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/11/0329.xml">think of the Senate Farm Bill</a>?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>I am pleased to have this opportunity to outline the Administration's very significant concerns about the Senate farm bill being debated on the floor of the Senate this week. The Statement of Administration Policy, or SAP as we refer to it, will be…
-
Drought Aid Dead, For Now
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/06/news/state/55-drought.txt" >Drought aid derailed again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Congressional efforts to provide billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid were thwarted again Tuesday, leaving the issue to languish until Democrats take over both chambers in January.<br />n<br />nNorth Dakota Sens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, both Democrats, attempted to attach $4.8 billion in aid for struggling…