Top Stories - May 9, 2008

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Congress reaches deal on Farm Bill but legislation isn’t final yet

By Amelia Buragas

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on provisions of the new Farm Bill. However, the legislation still faces a tenuous future because to become law the, bill must be approved by a president that has threatened to veto it on numerous occasions.

Conference committee members have been negotiating for the past month in an attempt to harmonize differing aspects of the draft Farm Bills approved by the House and Senate. In the meantime, several short-term extensions of the 2002 Farm Bill kept farm programs running since the bill’s original expiration last fall.

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