One week extension but what will the White House do?

In this afternoon's farm bill conference session Sen. Harkin asked Chuck Conner if the White House would support a one week extension, and Conner wasn't very encouraging. At 2 p.m., Conner said the farm bill hadn't shown enough progress to warrant an extension. Meanwhile, House and Senate leaders called the White House to come to the table and start actively engaging in the process of finding money for the farm bill.. The conference was adjourned in advance of a House vote and will reconvene tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.


Here is reaction to the White House balk from Sen. Harkin:
STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN TOM HARKIN (D-IA)

“It seems every time Congress advances this farm bill, the White House has to throw up another obstacle to the bill’s completion. It’s like we’ve pulled up in the combine for harvest, only to see a big boulder in the middle of the field setting us back.

“Congress needs the White House’s support if we are ever going to get the President a bill he can sign. The conference committee cleared three titles of the bill yesterday and continues to make progress toward a good, strong bill. It’s unfortunate that the President is threatening to cut short the work that’s been done thus far.”