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Illinois Democrats bring home food stamp messageMiamiHerald.comCHICAGO — Two Illinois Democrats met in Chicago with food stamp beneficiaries as Congress began its summer recess. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (shuh-KOW'-skee) say the food stamp program is not the place to look for drastic …Durbin, Schakowsky Vow To …

Scope (blog) Can food stamps help lighten America's obesity epidemic?Scope (blog)shopping_12from SNAP In a recent article in New Scientist, Peter Aldhous discussed several issues related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as food stamps. Noting that “because junk food is cheaper than fruit and … More: continued here

Politic365 Food stamps' secret shopping cartBoston HeraldThe debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending. But strangely missing from the arguments is a shocking fact: The public …Cuts to Food …

Food stamps safeThe Spokesman ReviewI'd like to comment on Sally Jackson's July 26 letter to the editor regarding Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers eliminating food stamps from the farm bill, thus sending children to bed hungry. Jackson doesn't seem to understand what really happened. Food … More: continued here

Deseret News Reducing food-stamp benefits would 'take food off the table,' recipients and …Deseret NewsFood stamps only go so far, Rodriguez said. Any cut in benefits, such as the expected reduction in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is cause for concern. "It's hard to have them take anything away," she …

Durbin, Schakowsky Vow To Fight Food Stamp CutsCBS2 ChicagoCongresswoman Jan Schakowsky says she's been talking to some folks with jobs who are on food stamps. “Workers at fast-food chains, McDonald's and Burger King and Wendy's, I feel like I am subsidizing them. I am talking about the companies, because … More: …

Paul Ryan and the truth about food stampsallvoicesPaul Ryan believes food stamps keep people poor. It's why he wants to drastically change the program and eliminate a large section of support for those who need it most. It is a ridiculous and self-righteous assumption, and it shows just how far …

Belleville News Democrat Time to Take a Bite Out of Food Stamps?Valley NewsFILE – In this March 18, 1932, file photo workman sort individual 25-pound packages of unperishable food for needy families in New York City, where the The Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee established the central depot and share-a-meal drive …Congress …

House Republican leaders are to present a bill that would cut the food stamps program by $40 billion over 10 years, a move opposed by Democrats. Republicans say the program, whose enrollment soared after the 2008-09 recession, is unbearably expensive at $78 billion a year. More: continued here

Advocates warn of cuts to food stamp programHunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comThey group noted that the number of New Jerseyeans on food stamps swelled during the recession, growing from 413,000 residents in 2007 to 813,000 residents this year. The program is one of the country's real effective safety nets for …