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With Farm Bill Close to Expiring, Rhetoric Against Food Stamps ContinuesRH Reality CheckA major point of contention holding it up is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, which has been part of the Farm Bill for over fifty years. Some 47 million Americans rely on …

First Coast News EBT food stamps to be closed todayWEAR"It will keep things in check to make sure food stamps are used for what they are supposed to be used for and not be distorted," said resident James Stallworth. Customers won't need a new card and nothing about their balances …

ThinkProgress House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stampsThe Hill (blog)House Republicans on Monday introduced a food stamp reform bill that they say will cut $40 billion from the program over 10 years. The move sets up a dramatic debate and vote on the bill on Thursday, …

KSTP.com Congress Could Cut Food Stamp Program FundingCBS LocalPITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA)- The House of Representatives may cut funding to the world's major food stamp program SNAP, or Supplemental Nutritional Food Program, which would take away food assistance to many Americans. Government …Advocates for needy say food stamp cuts could have …

Raleigh tattoo parlor accepted food stamps as payment for tattoo workRed Alert PoliticsFood stamps In yet another example of a misuse of taxpayer dollars, Raleigh police report a tattoo parlor in the North Carolina city has been accepting food stamps as payments for ink. According to Raleigh's WNCN, Ink Addiction …

Raw Story Panera Bread founder lives on food stamps for a weekRaw StoryPanera Bread founder and CEO Ron Shaich usually doesn't do his own shopping. But Saturday, the millionaire found himself looking for cheap groceries in Dorchester, Mass., a historically-poor neighborhood in Boston, he wrote in a LinkedIn post …Panera CEO …

Southwark Cathedral artist chosen for Icelandic Christmas stampsChristianTodayThe work of the artist behind Southwark Cathedral's Diamond Jubilee window will feature in this year's Icelandic Christmas stamps. Leifur Breidfjord created the window that was installed in June last year as part of celebrations around the Queen's … More: continued here

The GOP wants to cut welfare again. Too often, we talk about poverty in the abstract, rather than people with ordinary problems When I first heard a friend of mine from college was on food stamps, I was shocked. We were both recent graduates of a top liberal arts college, …

Food stamps policy change will affect local recipientsSalemNews.netLISBON – About 1,300 of the 17,539 Columbiana County residents currently covered by food stamps will be required to resume working or perform some work-related activity in exchange for continuing to receive benefits. Gov. John Kasich announced the …and more » More: continued here

NC FAST leaves families on food stamps hungry; may not be ready to handle …Fayetteville ObserverWhen Robin Mukdahahn applied for government food stamps, she was told to check back if she hadn't heard anything within 10 business days. So she did. Her husband had just left the Army, money was …