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Politico House GOP takes another stab at food stamps billPoliticoHouse Republicans are proposing to double their food stamp savings to nearly $40 billion by rolling back waivers for able-bodied adults and targeting funds to states that are willing to impose greater work requirements on the parents of young children. More: …

House GOP Leaders Agree to Further Food-Stamp CutsWall Street JournalThe agreement was reached by a working group of around 20 House Republicans who have been meeting for several weeks to find a pathway forward on food-stamps funding. The group includes House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.), who has been … …

House GOP Strikes Food Stamps PactNational Review Online (blog)A group of House Republicans led by Majority Leader Eric Cantor has agreed on a revision to the food stamps portion of the farm bill that Cantor believes will broadly unite the GOP conference. A senior Republican aide tells National Review Online …

WASHINGTON — 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 $78 billion last year, more than double its size when the recession began in late 2007. More: …

Yahoo! News Time to take a bite out of food stamps?Yahoo! NewsThe Republican-led House has severed food stamp policy from farm legislation, its longtime safe harbor. A group of GOP lawmakers is planning a separate food stamp bill that would cut the program by as much as 5 percent, or …

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 $78 billion last … More: continued here

Stabenow cultivates support for restoring food stampsToledo BladeDETROIT — For weeks, the looming Detroit bankruptcy has been the monster of all Michigan stories, dominating the news almost to the point of crowding out everything else. Yet just as there is more to the state's economy than cars, there are more …

GOP prepares food stamp legislation to cut program by 5 percentFox NewsWASHINGTON – 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 …

Politico GOP Push to Slash Food Stamps Puts Farm Bill in JeopardyNew York TimesWASHINGTON — A plan by House leaders to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program — twice the amount of cuts proposed in a House bill that failed in June — threatens to derail efforts by …

The Guardian House Republicans propose $40bn food-stamp cut in farm bill standoffThe GuardianHouse Republicans plan to propose a $40bn cut to the nation's food-stamp program, the head of the House agriculture committee said on Thursday, doubling the number of cuts previously sought by conservatives. Frank Lucas said legislation on the …