Thursday, May 10, 2007

White House pledges new veto of farm disaster plan

(Reuters) - "Due to the excessive nonemergency spending it contains, if this legislation were presented to the president, he would veto it," the White House said in a statement on the disaster bill.

Farm-state lawmakers have pursued disaster aid since fall 2005. The new bill was expected to be called for a House vote on Friday.


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