..."n short, what Congress has billed as a cost-cutting reform measure is nothing of the sort.
Recognizing this, the Washington Post editorial board, for example, called on President Obama to “stand up for his declared principles by vetoing it.”
But others are willing to move on. New York Times editors held their nose in endorsing the bill, captioning their support with the less-than-optimistic headline, “The Farm Bill Could Have Been Worse.”
Like the Farm Bill itself, the House vote in favor of the bill is ugly, no matter how one looks at it.
For every two members of the House who voted against the bill, there were three that supported it. While more than 100 Democrats voted against the bill, just 63 Republicans did the same."...
