House approves bill with deep food stamp spending cutsChicago TribuneWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of fiscal reform. Majority Leader Eric … More: continued here
Politico House approves plan to cut food stampsPoliticoThe House narrowly approved a Republican plan Thursday to cut billions from food stamps by tightening eligibility rules and ending state waivers that have allowed able-bodied workers to continue to get help when unemployed for more than three months. More: continued here
Huddersfield Examiner Huddersfield TUC to stage Royal Mail sell-off protest meetingHuddersfield ExaminerA meeting to protest at plans to sell-off Royal Mail will be held in Huddersfield next week. Simon Midgley, a postman and Communications Workers Union representative, will speak at the meeting, which takes place at 7pm next Tuesday at Huddersfield Town … More: continued here
WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to bridge a deep divide between the House and the Senate over the role of the government in helping the nation's poor. More: continued here
Shetland Times Online MP's reassurances over Royal Mail'scare stories'Shetland Times OnlineMP Alistair Carmichael has again moved to reassure concerned islanders that the rural postal service will be protected following the partial sell-off of Royal Mail. The coalition government last week unveiled plans for a £3 billion privatisation in the … More: continued here
Found on eBay: 1973 BMW 3.0 CSAutoWeekIt's no secret that we're fans of classic BMWs, and this week there's one on eBay that appears to tick all the right boxes. This 1973 BMW 3.0 CS Coupe for sale out of New York City's northern suburbs has stylish Alpina wheels and is finished in a rare…
The Guardian Royal Mail: the rhetoric of privatisationThe GuardianThose interested in the snakelike rhetoric of neoliberal political economy will have pricked up their ears recently when business minister Michael Fallon went on the Today programme to explain the imminent privatisation of the Royal Mail. He spoke, as … More: continued here
Hundreds of postcards given to Royal Mail in anti-sell off protestThis is CornwallA TRURO-based anti cuts alliance has strongly opposed the privatisation of Royal Mail claiming it will be an “economic disaster.” The Cornwall Anti-Cuts Alliance has delivered over 250 post cards, all opposing privatisation plans, to Truro's Royal Mail… More: continued here
Democrats see food stamps as a crucial part of the social safety net. If Republican budget hawks want to demonstrate that they really are a bunch of "mean-spirited" Scrooges, they couldn't pick a better target to cut. More: continued here
House Republicans OK deep reductions in food stampsLos Angeles TimesThe number of Americans receiving food stamps skyrocketed during the Great Recession, from about 26 million in 2007 to nearly 47 million in 2012, according to the Agriculture Department, which administers the program. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said … More: continued here