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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to cut nearly $4 billion a year from food stamps, a 5 percent reduction to the nation's main feeding program used by more than 1 in 7 Americans. More: continued here

House bill would take 3.8 million off food stampsCNNThe bill would cut $40 billion from food stamps over the next decade, which would force about 14 million people from the program by 2023, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bill would tighten the rules for getting into the … …

GPB Food (Stamps) for ThoughtNational Review Online (blog)The conservative war on food stamps is the most baffling political move of the year. Conservatives have suffered for years from the stereotype that they are heartless Scrooge McDucks more concerned with our money than other people's lives. Yet in this …Dramatic food …

(CNNMoney) — House Republicans on Thursday passed a controversial bill that would drop 3.8 million people from food stamp rolls… More: continued here

West Central Tribune House Slashes $40 Billion of Food Stamps Over Next DecadeABC News (blog)The House of Representatives voted Thursday evening to approve about $40 billion worth of cuts to food stamps over the next 10 years, although the bill must be reconciled with a Senate-passed measure that proposed just …

The House has voted to cut nearly $4 billion a year from food stamps, a 5 percent reduction to the nation's main feeding program used by more than 1 in 7 Americans. The 217-210 vote was a win for conservatives … More: continued here

U.S. News & World Report House to Vote on Cutting $40 Billion in Food StampsU.S. News & World ReportTo House Republicans, Thursday's vote to reform the country's food stamp program marks a triumph, an opportunity to keep a government program from ballooning out of control. "It's welfare reform 2.0. It …

House bill would take 3.8 million off food stampsCNNMoneyThe bill would cut $40 billion from food stamps over the next decade, which would force about 14 million people from the program by 2023, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bill would tighten the rules for getting into the … …

U.S. News & World Report House Republicans Pass Deep Cuts in Food StampsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly pushed through a bill on Thursday that slashes billions of dollars from the food stamp program, over the objections of Democrats and a veto threat from President Obama.House passes GOP plan …

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