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The House approved a Republican plan Thursday to cut food stamps by $39 billion during the next decade, setting up a showdown with Democrats over the program used by nearly 48 million low-income Americans. More: continued here

The vote by the House of Representatives on Thursday to slash billions from food stamps has rocked local advocates for the poor, who see the move as a potential blow to people already struggling to survive. More: continued here

YourErie Make Food Stamps Make SenseNational Review Online (blog)Jason Voorhees (I., Camp Crystal Lake) is a slasher; Eric Cantor (R., Virginia) is not. Representative Cantor is at most a trimmer, not that you would know it from recent headlines raising the alarm over his plan to “slash” food-stamp spending. He …

Washington Post (blog) Who voted for and against the food stamp bill?Washington Post (blog)The House narrowly approved a measure Thursday evening that would cut about $39 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as food stamps— over the next decade. House Majority Leader Eric I. …

Wall Street Journal Won't Work for Food StampsWall Street JournalJohn Lewis was furious. "They're coming for the children. They're coming for the poor. They're coming for the sick, the elderly and the disabled," said the Georgia Democrat. He was speaking in 1996 during the debate over welfare reform that he …

Jackie Speier Protests Food Stamp Cuts With Steak, Vodka, CaviarHuffington PostThe House of Representatives voted to slash nearly $40 billion in food stamp aid Thursday. Though members advocating for the aid program ultimately lost, it wasn't for lack of trying. In a five-minute plea against the cuts, Rep. Jackie Speier …

Food Stamps Again a Vivid Symbol in Poverty DebateABC NewsFood 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 "end welfare as we … More: …

Daily Beast Food-Stamp Vote FiascoDaily BeastFlustered by the theatrics, Republican Pete Sessions of Texas sought to clarify the GOP's proposed $40 billion cut in food stamps, or SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, explaining that only able-bodied adults would be removed from the … More: continued here

The Atlantic Wire House Republicans Vote to Cut $39 Billion From Food StampsThe Atlantic WireThe House passed a bill on Thursday that would cut as many as 3.8 million Americans from food stamps, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The cuts would come from a combination of ending state waivers …

As House Republicans voted to slash the food-stamp program, Twitter searches for “food stamps” brought promoted tweets from SpaghettiOs, Campbell’s Soup and major restaurant chains. Reuters More: continued here