Oh my how things change when it comes to Health Care Reform. All of the sudden we start hearing words from the Blue Dog Democrats like Revenue Neutral and Deficit Neutral, but in 2008 all of that was cast aside to spend $289 billion for their farmer pals. Remember the "pay as you go" rule being waived to get this bloated $289 billion boondoggle for farmers passed.
Wapedia The House passed the Farm Bill again on May 22, and the Senate shortly thereafter. President Bush again vetoed the measure, but this veto was overridden in both Houses on June 18, so the Farm Bill in its entirety has become law. H.R. 6124 . A similar situation occurred in 2005 with the Deficit Reduction Act , where in the enrolling process certain mistakes were made changing the text of the bill. In that case, the bill was considered to be law even with the mistakes since the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tem of the Senate attested that the language sent to the President was indeed the text that was passed by Congress.
The bill originally caused controversy because the " pay-as-you-go " (Clause 10 of Rule XXI of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives ) rule was waived . That rule prohibits the consideration of bills that increase the deficit in either a six-year period or an eleven-year period.
