Constitution Article I, Section 8; says to give all the power to Congress. Congress has the exclusive power to legislate, to make laws and in addition to the enumerated powers it has all other powers vested in the government by the Constitution.
Connection with Constitution
This article is called "Congress passes farm bill over Bush veto". Congress passed a $300 billion farm bill over President Bush's veto for a second time, the original bill passed.
This article states "The Senate voted 80-14 to approve the measure over Bush's objections, following a 317-109 vote in the House of Representatives. Both votes were well above the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto, which Bush delivered Wednesday morning.
Congress overrode an earlier veto of the farm bill last month, even though lawmakers had discovered that 34 pages were missing in the version originally sent to the White House. In spiking the latest version, Bush said he objected to its continued subsidies for the wealthy and its use of budget gimmicks to hide a $20 billion increase in spending." After it was passed it was noted that two-thirds of the $300 billion was use to help nutrition programs such as food stamps. This ties in with the Legislative Branch because Congress overpower a President's veto which means they have more power over the president.
Works Cited
"Congress passes farm bill over Bush veto". http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-18/politics/farm.bill_1_farm-bill-budget-gimmicks-first-veto?_s=PM:POLITICS
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