NW lawmakers split on farm bill

kmtr.com     May 15, 2008            

WASHINGTON (AP) - Northwest lawmakers were split today as the House passed a $290 billion farm bill that offers more subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor and $170 million for the disaster-plagued Pacific Coast salmon fishing industry. Eleven of 16 House members from Oregon,... [read full story]                    

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Roberts, Brownback support farm bill

ljworld.com     May 16, 2008          

Washington — Both Kansas senators voted for the farm bill on Thursday, despite cuts they say will hurt the state’s farmers. The Senate passed the $290 billion measure with a 81-15 vote, a day after the House approved it on a 318-106 vote. The White House claims the bill sends too much money to...                    

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Message to Bush: Sign the farm bill

greeleytrib.com     May 16, 2008          

Since October, Leona Martens, executive director of the Weld Food Bank, has been scrambling to feed the area's hungry. That's when the farm bill should have passed. That's when the food bank should have started receiving a new year's worth of U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities. But it...                    

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FROM OUR READERS: Farm bill will keep food prices high

freep.com     May 16, 2008          

Farm bill will keep food prices high Farm income has increased over 56% in the past two years to over $92 billion. Does this sound like an industry that needs taxpayer assistance? ("Farm bill not perfect, but it'll help kids and families," May 14). Of the 17 most subsidized crops, only two will...                    

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Bush's farm-bill veto threat has little weight

nwsource.com     May 16, 2008          

WASHINGTON — President Bush now will follow the lead of the Dwight Eisenhower by vetoing a comprehensive farm bill. On Thursday, the Senate, by a comfortably veto-proof 81-15 margin, approved a farm bill that now faces a resistant White House. Bush said he'll veto the five-year package, much as...                    

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Congress passes farm bill with veto-proof margin

kwch.com     May 16, 2008          

Associated Press - May 16, 2008 3:43 AM ET CAPITOL HILL (AP) - A presidential veto threat isn't getting in the way of the $290-billion farm bill. The measure has sailed through both houses of Congress with big majorities. Dozens of House and Senate Republicans ignored the president's objections...                    

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Global Food Crisis: Rice price falls; US Senate passes veto-proof Farm Bill; UN's FAO says it's...

finfacts.com     May 16, 2008          

Global Food Crisis: The price of rice has fallen from record highs and on Thursday, the US Senate passed a $307 billion farm bill. Also on Thursday, the Director-General of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf responded to criticism from a compatriot - the President of...                    

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EDITORIAL: A Missed Opportunity: With Commodity Prices Near All-Time Highs, This Would Have Been...

redorbit.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 16--Welfare as we knew it ended years ago in Wisconsin and across the nation. But not for farmers. Congress has passed wasteful legislation that will set farm policy on the wrong course for five more years. The $290...                    

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House Approves Farm Bill by Veto-Proof Margin

truthout.org     May 16, 2008          

Michael Doyle, of McClatchy Newspapers: "The House on Wednesday emphatically approved a massive five-year farm bill by a veto-proof margin, setting up President Bush for a major political embarrassment. Brushing off Bush's opposition, many Republicans joined a majority of Democrats in approving...                    

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Wisconsin senators protect farm bill from veto

sheboygan-press.com     May 16, 2008          

By ELLYN FERGUSON • Gannett News Service • May 16, 2008 WASHINGTON — With passage of the final farm bill Thursday, Congress signaled it is ready for the second time in seven years to overturn an expected presidential veto. Wisconsin Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl were among the 81...                    

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