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Wonkette (satire) Republicans Vow To Cut Food Stamps In Areas Full Of Lazy RepublicansWonkette (satire)Among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, Republican Mitt Romney won 213 of them in last year's presidential election, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg. Kentucky's …

Three NE Ohio men charged with food stamp fraud at convenience storesPlain DealerCLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal grand jury today returned indictments against three Northeast Ohio men, charging them with engaging in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the food stamp and Women, Infants and Children programs out of more than …Strongsville …

Food Stamp Cuts Decried By Democrats In Letter To John BoehnerHuffington PostEarlier this summer Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives removed food stamps from their traditional place alongside agribusiness subsidies in farm legislation Congress passes every five years. Republicans then passed a "farm only … More: continued here

Town Hall EDITORIAL: Food stamps face cuts as Congress slops the farm-bill troughThe Express Times – LehighValleyLive.comYet the farm-bill subsidy getting the most scrutiny this year — primarily from the Republican-controlled House — is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known commonly as food stamps. The SNAP program has received a …

Town Hall Carolla, Ingraham decry lack of food-stamp stigma: 'There's no judging going …Daily Caller“It was definitely food stamps back then, and it had a nice healthy negative connotation — you know, things came with a sprinkling of shame back then, so you'd kind of want to get away from …

Green stamps: Stevens sends alumns lettersESPN (blog)Brad Stevens gushed about the history and tradition surrounding the Boston Celtics franchise when he signed on to be the team's 17th coach last month. With a nod to the 17 banners hanging in the rafters at TD Garden, it appears Stevens is committed …

The Calgary Stampeders travel to BC Place on Saturday to face the BC Lions in Week 8 Canadian Football League action. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. MDT. It's the Stamps' first trip to BC Place since the Red and White defeated the Lions 34-29 in the 2012 West Division final …

Feds reward Virginia for botching food stamp paymentsKansas WatchdogVirginia landed a $2 million “high performance bonus” with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for only over-issuing $19 million of the $1.4 billion total it dispersed in food stamps in fiscal year 2012. Last year, Virginia botched 1.76 percent of its … …

Town Hall Food Stamp Cut Backed by Republicans With Voters on RollsBloombergAs the U.S. economy recovers from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the explosive growth of food stamps remains a lingering legacy. And now the program comes with an irony, as the Republicans seeking to cut it also …

As the U.S. economy recovers from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the explosive growth of food stamps remains a lingering legacy. And now the program comes with an irony, as the Republicans seeking to cut it also represent vast numbers of recipients. More: continued here