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Christian Science Monitor Does slicing $8 billion from food stamps cut to bone or just trim some flab …Christian Science MonitorA considerable weight of economic evidence contradicts the notion that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (long known as food stamps), is a runaway entitlement that's wasting vast taxpayer …

Farm bill on verge of passage after a long three years of haggling in CongressWashington PostIt also saves billions by consolidating government conservation programs and cuts about $8 billion in funding for food stamps by tweaking eligibility rules. The bill is supposed to cut roughly $16 billion in government spending …

Congress's newly approved farm bill cuts $8 billion from food stamps over a decade, barely 1 percent a year. Low-income households in 16 states will feel the effect the most. Why is that (and answers to other FAQs)? More: continued here

Senate sends farm bill to Obama, food stamps see cutBlueRidgeNow.comIn this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, Larry Hasheider walks along one of his corn fields on his farm in Okawville, Ill. Cuts in food stamps, continued subsidies to farmers and victories for animal rights advocates. The massive farm bill heading …

Farm bill heads to Obama with billions for subsidies, food stampsThe OregonianWASHINGTON — The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama on Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from the nation's 47 million food stamp recipients to Southern peanut growers, Midwest corn farmers and the maple syrup … More: …

Fort Dodge Messenger Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm BillNew York TimesFew were as unhappy as Sheena Wright, the president of the United Way in New York, who expects to see a surge of hungry people seeking help because the bill cuts $8 billion in food stamps over a decade. “You are …

Fort Dodge Messenger Senate Passes Farm Bill That Cuts Food Stamps, but Not AgribusinessNew York TimesFew were as unhappy as Sheena Wright, the president of the United Way in New York, who expects to see a surge of hungry people seeking help because the bill cuts $8 billion in food …

Cuts in Food Stamps, Farm Subsidies Seal Deal After 2 Year FightABC News (blog)The Senate gave final approval today to a new five-year Farm Bill, a massive spending measure of nearly $1 trillion that brings sweeping change to agriculture, dairy, conservation and food programs. The bill passed with an overwhelming …

What's the likely impact of the cut to food stamps that just passed Congress?Enterprise-Record25, 2014, at The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Local aid agencies worry food stamp cuts that took effect in November will put more strain on the poor just as Congress appears poised to pass …

Food Stamps Slashed as Congress Approves Farm BillNewsmax.comCongress passed a massive, long-overdue bill Tuesday that overhauls agriculture policy, including halting direct payments to farmers. The five-year $956.4 billion measure, which also reforms the food stamp program for the poor to save $8 billion, marks …and more » More: continued here