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 to the …and more » More: continued…
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 Senate negotiators completed late …Farm Bill…
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 information that might impress friends,…
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 five-year bill now goes …Hemp, farm-raised…
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 version of the farm bill…
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 and University of Kentucky economists.A…
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 …Mass. delegation faults proposed food…
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 of the $40 billion in…
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 adults …Help with food stamps doublesThe…
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 composition. Africville, one of Nova…