Farm bill compromise announced, snatching $800M from food stampsAl Jazeera AmericaLarry Bossom, 41, who lost his job a few month ago, leaves the St. Ignatius Food Pantry with bags of items Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in Chicago. Bossom is relying on food stamps and the food bank to help him until he finds work again….
Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are of working agePenn LiveMaggie Barcellano prepares dinner at her father's house in Austin, Texas. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health aide and raises her three-year … More: continued…
Court rejects secrecy for food stamp numbersPolitico (blog)A federal appeals court has rejected the Obama Administration's attempt to keep secret the government's data on how much individual retailers take in from the food stamp program. In a ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit turned …and more » More: continued here
CNN Farm bill ends subsidies, cuts food stampsCNNThe changes to food stamps would trim $8 billion from the program over the next 10 years, according to congressional aides. That's less than the $39 billion that Republicans had wanted to cut from the program, but double what Democrats had suggested. More: continued here
Farm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps by 1 Percent – ABC NewsABC NewsFarm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps by 1 Percent. WASHINGTON January 28, 2014 (AP). By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press. Associated Press. Farm-state lawmakers are pushing for final passage of the massive, five-year farm bill as it heads … More: continued here
The agreed-upon cuts to food stamps are significantly less than what the House had requested, but double what the Senate had proposed. The compromise could be introduced on the House floor Wednesday. More: continued here
Christian Science Monitor Postage increase: Stamps reach 49 centsChristian Science MonitorThe cost of a first-class postage stamp is now 49 cents — 3 cents more than before. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into effect on Sunday. Many people won't feel the increase right away: Forever stamps are good for first…
Washington Post (blog) Lawmakers reach deal on farm bill that would cut food stamps by 1 percentFox NewsStill unclear, though, was how Republicans would get the votes they needed to pass the final bill on the House floor. The full House rejected an earlier version of the farm bill in June after conservative Republicans said…
A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. More: continued here
Food stamps, farm subsidies to be trimmedWashington TimesHouse and Senate negotiators said Monday they've finally reached an agreement on the long-delayed farm bill, signing a deal that would save $8 billion in the food stamp program and cut $19 billion from farm subsidies — though it preserves both programs. More: continued here