WASHINGTON_The U.S. Senate voted again today on the Farm Bill, passing it with overwhelming support, 77-15.

A clerical error omitted the trade title in the version sent to President Bush’s desk last month.

Bush vetoed the law, but both the House…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill slipped off her fiscal-discipline diet Thursday when she voted for the $300-billion-plus farm bill, which critics have blasted as a pork-laden boondoggle for well-to-do farmers, the biodiesel industry, timber interests, and other beneficiaries.But the Missouri Democrat and former state…

WASHINGTON — Alone in Missouri, and also among the southern Illinois congressional delegation, Rep. Todd Akin voted against the farm bill on Wednesday.

The Missouri Republican says it was a tough choice, but fiscal considerations demanded it.

The bill amounted to about $300 billion,…