Panel OKs Farm Bill; Veto Warning Issued
The Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday night approved a costly new four-year farm bill that drew instant warnings of a presidential veto.
Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) said that the bill will go to the Senate floor in two weeks but that its cost must be scaled down if it is to obtain White House approval.
The bitterly debated measure would be about $11 billion over the budget limit of $34.8 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office, or as much as $19 billion over by Agriculture Department calculations.
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