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GOP prepares bill to trim food stampsReading EagleWASHINGTON – House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. A group of Republicans led … More: …

Politico Republicans to propose $40 billion cut over decade to food stamps programNBCNews.comBy Frank Thorp and Ian Johnston, NBC News. 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, …

Report: Welfare recipients using food stamps to buy food for overseas relativesEconomic Collapse NewsA spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service say the food stamps program is to help American families in need, but noted that states should intervene if there is evidence showing people are …

House Republicans push $40 billion cut to food stampsColumbus DispatchThe House would vote on food stamps before opening negotiations with the Senate, probably in September, on a final version of the farm bill. Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat from Michigan, said time was running short to enact … More: …

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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

GOP prepares bill to cut food stamps by 5%Daily DemocratMany provisions in the proposed bill were included in farm legislation defeated on the House floor in June, though several were added by amendment. The original farm bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee would have cut food stamps by about …

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

KMOV.com GOP tries to take a bite out of food stamps; Dems want to protect program …Washington PostWASHINGTON — Food stamps look ripe for the picking, politically speaking. Through five years and counting of economic distress, the food aid program has swollen up like a summer tomato. It grew to …

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