As expected, President Bush vetoed the 2008 Farm Bill this afternoon, immediately unleashing criticism from some Capitol Hill Democrats.
“The president seems to be all hat and no cattle,” said Rep. Bob Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat who helped craft the bill’s final version, reports Barb Barrett. “By vetoing the farm bill the president is standing against rural America and families in need.”
The veto came as no surprise, with Bush saying all along that the five-year bill was too hefty and didn’t go far enough to reform subsidy payments to farmers.
Etheridge defended the bill, saying the “safety net” helps keep farmers afloat in uncertain times.
The House plans a veto override vote this afternoon. Both the House and the Senate passed the bill earlier this month with plenty of votes to override a presidential veto.
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Re: Etheridge: Bush "all hat and no cattle"
The smell is pork mixed with B.S.! Big corporate farming in hogs, cattle, corn, wheat and yes even a turkey like Etheridge will fill their pockets. I can understand Democrats at the trough, but Republicans? They should be ashamed. Etheridge is all air and no brain.