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Families receive 5 percent less in food stampsWashington PostBenefits to families on food stamps are being reduced by about 5 percent, or $36 per month for a family of four, starting Friday. The reason: A temporary expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program included in the stimulus passed in 2009 is …Deep …

Washington Post (blog) 47M Americans hit by food stamp cuts starting todayUSA TODAYFood stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to an end without a new budget from a deadlocked Congress to replace it. Under …

Reductions are a result of the expiration of a provision in 2009 stimulus legislation. More: continued here

Food stamps cuts on Friday amount to $5 billion, and additional cuts could occur via a farm bill. More Americans are on food stamps than at almost any other point in the past decade. More: continued here

Starting today, families who depend on food stamps will see their benefits cut as $5 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires. And those aren't even the only cuts coming to SNAP. Eventually, Congress will pass a new farm bill with revised SNAP spending. So, what …

Today begins a $5 billion reduction in federal benefits, but Congress's slashing isn't close to done yet More: continued here

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of every seven Americans will take a hit on Friday when a $5 billion cut in food stamps, the first across-the-board reduction in the history of the decades-old federal program, takes effect.         More: continued here

More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program. More: continued here

The cuts will be tough on families whose food stamps will be cut – families that already eat a lot of canned foods, beans and pasta. More: continued here

Food Stamp Cuts Kick in as Congress Debates MoreTIME(WASHINGTON) — More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program. Beginning in November, a temporary benefit from the 2009 … More: continued …