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Collin Peterson: “Reclaiming my time. This was done correctly. The 14 titles that were overridden yesterday were passed in an identical…”

On the recordMay 22, 2008
Reclaiming my time. This was done correctly. The 14 titles that were overridden yesterday were passed in an identical manner between the House and the Senate. They were vetoed by the President in that manner. The bill, once the Senate overrides, will become law. This is clarified in Field v. Clark in 1892, a similar situation. This is information that we knew before we proceeded, and we believe we proceeded correctly under the circumstances. Had we had unanimous consent, we wouldn't be here today. We would have had this resolved by now. I just would hope the gentleman would help us move past all of this and in good faith let us finally get this farm bill accomplished.
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Collin Peterson
Minnesota

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Discussing the process of overriding a presidential veto on a farm bill.

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