House Passes Farm Bill Cutting $800 Million From Food Stamps ProgramHuffington PostWASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers. The vote was 251-166. The five-year bill now goes …
Read More »Bill boosts farmers, cuts food stamps – Buffalo News
Wall Street Journal Bill boosts farmers, cuts food stampsBuffalo NewsWASHINGTON – A bipartisan Farm Bill that's soon to be voted on in Congress looks like a boon to farmers of Western New York – at the expense of food stamp recipients in cities like Buffalo. The bill, which House and …
Read More »Hemp, farm-raised fish, food labels and food stamps: What’s in the farm bill? – Washington Post (blog)
Washington Post (blog) Hemp, farm-raised fish, food labels and food stamps: What's in the farm bill?Washington Post (blog)If you're a more serious student of farming and food stamp legislation, read the bill for yourself or read our news story on the bill here. But if you're in the market for …
Read More »House passes farm bill preserving crop subsidies, slightly curbing food stamps – Fox News
Washington Post (blog) House passes farm bill preserving crop subsidies, slightly curbing food stampsFox NewsThe House on Wednesday approved a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill that would make small reductions in the growth of food stamp spending while continuing generous subsidies for the nation's farmers. The vote was 251-166. The …
Read More »How the New Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion From Food Stamps – Wall Street Journal (blog)
How the New Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion From Food StampsWall Street Journal (blog)If there's one key number to the fate of the new five-year farm bill deal unveiled Monday night, it's the roughly $8 billion cut over 10 years to food-stamp funding. Spending on nutrition programs sank an earlier …
Read More »Who gets food stamps? More are college grads; half are working age. (+video) – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor Who gets food stamps? More are college grads; half are working age. (+video)Christian Science MonitorWorking-age people are now the majority recipients of food stamps, overtaking the share who are children and seniors, the traditional beneficiaries of the program, according to a new analysis from The Associated Press …
Read More »Republicans Just Won the Food Stamp War – Mother Jones
89.3 KPCC Republicans Just Won the Food Stamp WarMother JonesOn Wednesday morning, Republicans won a years-long battle over whether to slash or spare food stamps when the House passed the farm bill, a $500 billion piece of legislation that funds nutrition and agriculture programs for the next five years. The …
Read More »Lawmakers agree on $8B cuts to food stamp program – New York Daily News
New York Daily News Lawmakers agree on $8B cuts to food stamp programNew York Daily NewsWASHINGTON — Lawmakers reached an agreement Monday on an agriculture bill that would scale back proposed cuts to the food stamp program, putting the reduction at $8 billion over 10 years. That's about a fifth …
Read More »More of the working-poor and job-seekers are receiving food stamps – 89.3 KPCC
89.3 KPCC More of the working-poor and job-seekers are receiving food stamps89.3 KPCCThe protestors were asking the congressman to vote against a House farm bill that would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program by $20.5 billion and affect food stamps and other services for the poor. American …
Read More »Historic communities featured on stamps for Black History Month
OTTAWA, Jan. 29, 2014 /CNW/ – On Thursday, January 30, Canada Post will issue two new stamps featuring two African-Canadian communities – and the people who called them home – to celebrate Black History Month in Canada. While at opposite ends of the country, the communities shared similarities beyond their …
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