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Deep Cuts in Food Stamp Program Could Impact MillionsPBS NewsHourAfter a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion dollars, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Wall Street Journal reporter Damian Paletta breaks down some of the numbers …

Washington Post National Postal Museum to open new stamp galleryWashington PostLike the post office itself, there was a sense that the National Postal Museum had to evolve. As home to the Smithsonian's second-largest collection — at 6 million items, only the Natural History Museum has more — the museum was …

Wall Street Journal Food stamps again a vivid symbol in poverty debateUSA TODAYWASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge …Won't …

Al Jazeera America House approves bill with $40B cut from food stampsChicago TribuneWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of …

Al Jazeera America Food stamp recipients fear proposed $4B cut to SNAP benefitsAl Jazeera AmericaDanielle Brown shops after midnight at One Stop Food store on the south side of Chicago in 2008. The market doors open at midnight on the first of each month for the express purpose of letting …

These Republicans Who Voted To Cut Food Stamps Personally Received Large …BuzzFeedSeveral of the House Republicans who voted Thursday for a bill that slashed billions of dollars from the food stamp program personally received large farm subsidies for family farms. The bill cutting the food stamp program narrowly passed on …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of fiscal reform. More: continued here

Two Philadelphia-suburban congressmen buck party over vote on 5% cuts to …Allentown Morning Call9:33 p.m. EDT, September 20, 2013. WASHINGTON — Two Philadelphia-area Republican congressmen bucked their party Thursday to vote against a 5 percent cut to the food stamp program while other local Republicans, including Lehigh Valley's Rep.and more » …

Wall Street Journal Food Stamps Again a Vivid Symbol in Poverty DebateDailyFinanceWASHINGTON — Food stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge to …Won't Work …

Washington Post (blog) Postal Service brings flawed 'Inverted Jenny' stampWashington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service is about to repeat perhaps its most famous mistake, only this time it will do so on purpose. On Sunday, the agency will begin selling $2 stamps commemorating a 1918 printing error, one in which …