Broadcast Newsline: May 23, 2008

Within hours of the President vetoing the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 the House and Senate overrode it.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 2 cuts.  All cuts are Robbie Minnich (Men-ic) Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council.

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Within hours of the President vetoing the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 the House and Senate overrode it.  According to Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, just prior to the debate for the override vote members realized there was a clerical error in the bill that had been sent to the President for his signature.

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Due to this clerical error, Minnich says some question whether the farm bill is now law.

 

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