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H.R. 2419 // May 22, 2008House: Needed two-thirds to override the vetoSenate: Needed two-thirds to override the veto

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN)

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Title I: Commodity Programs - (Sec. 1001) Defines specified terms. Subtitle A: Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to adjust base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated; (2) cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract; or (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop or oilseed acreage. Requires election of either direct payments and counter-cyclical payments or conservation payments if the base adjustment is made due to a change in status of a conservation reserve contract.

Agriculture and Food Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 346 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

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Won the vote · Yea

82 votes, representing 201,684,526 people87.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

13 votes, representing 15,107,696 people6.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8287.8%
NayLost136.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.6%

Senate The winning side was inferred from the vote count because the chamber's result wording could not be classified.