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Big Question Yet To Be Answered
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 04:54 AM
The question remains will the President sign or veto this bill? While there is still no definitive answer to that question, Wednesday, President Bush and Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer met to discuss the farm bill. Ed Schafer said the bill as it stood - from what he knew - would not get the President's signature. And it's reported the President told House Ag Ranking Member Bob Goodlatte on Wednesday that he was "still not there yet" in supporting the legislation.

President Bush has numerous problems with the deal conferees have been hashing out for the last month on the bill. Conferees have been negotiating behind closed doors on tweaks designed to address some administration objections including a new Adjusted Gross Income limit that is reportedly now under a million dollars.

As of Wednesday, the conferees were awaiting a final budget “score” for their plan from the Congressional Budget Office.

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