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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 318 to 106 in favor of the $307 billion five-year farm bill. The U.S. Senate is expected to follow suit today.

The vote count is well above the two-thirds majority needed for the House to override a veto of the bill threatened by President Bush. Bush says he wants to limit government subsidies to farmers, citing the high commodity prices and global demand for grain.

In passing the bill, 100 Republicans joined the Democratic majority in favor.

The bill includes a $10.3 billion increase in spending on nutrition programs, including food stamps, and increase for rural development and land conservation programs.

Bush is opposed to the limits of the gross income for federal subsidies. He wanted the limit at $200,000 adjust gross income for farmers, but the bill sets the limit at $750,000.

If Bush vetoes the farm bill and the Congress overrides that veto, it would be just the second veto override during his two terms in office. The first came in November, when Congress rejected his veto of a $23.2 billion water resources bill.