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Food stamps and the farm bill: What happens next?Belleville News DemocratWASHINGTON — House of Representatives Republicans passed a version of the long-delayed farm bill last week that upset the apple cart because it was missing a key political ingredient – the food stamp program. A part of the bill since …

ThinkProgress EDITORIAL: Cutting food stamps from farm bill leaves many facing hungerEvansville Courier & PressRepublicans in the House of Representatives last week pushed through an agriculture bill that, for the first time since 1973, did not include the nation's vast food stamp program. Given the thousands of Americans who depend …

The Atlantic France Puts Femen's Face on its StampsThe AtlanticHer profile features on France's official logo, euro coins, and stamps, and busts of Marianne adorn town halls and other official buildings across the nation. According to a tradition dating back to 1944, each new French president chooses a fresh …France …

Trying to fix the fiscal mess of food stampsFox NewsRecently we told you won in three Americans receive some type of food assistance from the US government. That adds up to a 78 billion dollar annual grocery bill for the US. Tonight correspondent Shannon Bream explores what some people want …

FP Passport: The Postage Stamp That Has France in a FrenzyForeign Policy (blog)Not everyone in France is thrilled with the new postage stamp featuring a youthful Marianne, one of the symbols of la République Française, that François Hollande unveiled at the Élysée Palace on Bastille Day — as part of …

Trial set in food stamps fraud caseMiamiHerald.comJACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has scheduled an Aug. 5 sentencing date for a man who pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud. Stanley Jones was charged with lying on food stamp applications in 2008 by representing that nobody in his household had been …and …

House Republican efforts to cut record U.S. government spending on food stamps may instead backfire and make it more probable funding will continue at existing levels. More: continued here

Reality Check: The Debate Over Food StampsCBS LocalMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Republicans in the U.S. House are promising to swiftly bring a food stamp bill up for a vote. That's after they stripped food stamps from the 5-year farm bill…and then failed to pass the farm bill, too. Republicans claim food …

Fox Report Toes The Republican Party Line To Demonize Food StampsMedia Matters for America (blog)The report hyped Republicans' false accusations that SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, is rife with fraud and has no vetting process without challenging the claims. The segment also ignored what others in the media have …

Will Americans Starve Without Food Stamps in the Farm Bill?Heritage.org (blog)The bill did take the important procedural step of separating food stamps from agriculture policy so that each could be considered on its own merits in two distinct bills. The food stamp program would get much-needed attention by being split …