NPR (blog) Small Cuts To Food Stamps Add Up To Big Pains For Many RecipientsNPR (blog)The bill includes some reductions to food stamps, known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, to the tune of nearly $1 billion a year. It's far less than what many Republicans had wanted. But the cuts are large enough to…
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Farm bill: Food stamp cuts would affect 141000 OregoniansOregonLive.comAbout 792,000 Oregonians received food stamps in December, according to the Department of Human Services, down slightly from about 794,000 in November. Those who aren't in the Heat and Eat program won't see a change under the farm bill.and more » More: continued here
Congress Cuts Food Stamps by $8 Billion, Expands Corporate Farm Welfare by …The Real News NetworkThe House and Senate reached an agreement on the farm bill to cut food stamps by $8 billion over the next decade. Conservation programs were also cut, by $4 billion. And while direct subsidies to farmers was cut by $14…
House passes farm bill that cuts food stampsLansing State JournalWASHINGTON — House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a long-awaited five-year farm bill Wednesday that would end direct payments and expand popular crop insurance programs while cutting spending on food stamps used by millions of Americans. More: continued here
PolicyMic These Are the Faces of the 47 Million Americans on Food StampsPolicyMicThe GOP has won the battle over food stamps. The House passed a $500 billion farm bill on Wednesday that funds nutrition and agriculture programs for the next five years and makes $9 billion in cuts to food stamps. The measure is expected…
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House to Vote on Final Farm Bill, Food Stamp CutsTIME(WASHINGTON) — The House is rushing to complete work on a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers. Conservative Republicans in the House helped defeat an … More: continued here
New York Daily News House passes $100-billion-a-year farm bill that cuts food stamps but preserves …New York Daily NewsAfter more than two years of partisan squabbles over food and farm policy, the House passed and sent to the Senate Wednesday an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill containing a small cut in food stamps and…
RT Most food stamp payments issued to working Americans for first time – reportRTWorking-age Americans now make up the majority of food stamp recipients in the US, according to a new report highlighting a stark change from the tradition of the elderly being the main recipients, and at a time when lawmakers have agreed to…