Wrong bill veto

[RobJohnson]

WASHINGTON: The House overwhelmingly rejected President George W. Bush's veto of a $290 billion (€184 billion) farm bill, but when it turned out that the vetoed bill was missing 34 pages due to a "clerical error," it set the whole process up for a repeat on Thursday.

Only hours before the House's 316-108 vote Wednesday, 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 Wednesday, 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, raising questions that the eventual law would be unconstitutional.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/america/NA-GEN-US-Farm-Bill.php

[Chris_]

A spokesman for the Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi, shot back:

"Partisan sniping won't solve this clerical error that even the White House failed to catch," said Drew Hammill.

Way to go, Nancy.   

[RobJohnson]

It appears the Democrat Leadership was informed by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Committee on Agriculture that the bill sent to and vetoed by the President was erroneous PRIOR to consideration of the veto override.

Despite this knowledge and despite requests from staff from the Republican Leader’s office, the Democrat Leadership proceeded with the veto override of a bill they knew was not the bill passed by both Houses of Congress.

Yet.........Democrats argue that Congress can hide legislation from the President   

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