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WASHINGTON — Congress enacted a massive election-year farm bill Thursday over President Bush’s veto, sending new and bigger subsidies for farmers and more food stamps to help the poor with rising grocery prices.
The 82-13 vote in the Senate following a 316-108 vote Wednesday night in the House provided Democrats only their second veto override in Bush’s presidency, but they harvested a constitutional controversy with it.
Not all of the bill that Congress passed last week is becoming law immediately. Due to a printing glitch, the version that Bush vetoed was missing 34 pages on international food aid and trade — a mistake that may require Congress to send the White House yet another bill.
