stamps

Fixing what ails food stamps: Jennifer StefanoPennLive.comOh, and here's the beauty of the food stamp program. It used to be, when FDR started the program – that people could use the stamps to get the basics – bread, rice, milk. Now, it's a debit card – administered by big Wall …

Washington Post (blog) Filibusters, food stamps and the Congressional week to comeWashington Post (blog)initially told her they could begin hashing out a final bill this week without a House vote on food stamp money. But then House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) said last week that negotiations wouldn't begin …

Milbank: The GOP misfires on food stampsMetroWest Daily NewsRep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, a committee chairman and the man who led House Republicans to their majority in 2010, was explaining why he and his colleagues decided to drop the food stamp program from the farm bill. "What we have carefully done …

Christian Science Monitor More Americans collecting SNAP food stampsChristian Science MonitorAs a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn, participation in the federal food stamp program is continuing to rise. Skip to next paragraph. SoldAtTheTop. Writer, The PaperEconomy Blog. 'SoldAtTheTop' is not a pessimist by nature but a … More: …

Zimmerman, food stamps, and immigration: It's all about raceTwin Cities Daily Planet (blog)It's all about race. It always has been in America and it appears that it continues to be the case. Three events in the news this week, the House cuts food stamps and refuses to act on immigration, …

Herald News: A failure to address food stampsNorthJersey.comOnce more, sensible House Republicans were brought to their knees by their more conservative counterparts, the result being a shameful vote against those 47 million Americans who depend on food stamps to get by from one month to the next. Likely, the … …

For Food Stamps, a Real Work RequirementNational Review Online (blog)It still has a chance, though, to improve food stamps. The most important reform is that proposed by Representative Steve Southerland (R., Fla.): the beginnings of real work requirements for the program. The program has had since 1996 a weak work … …

ThinkProgress As Congress debates food stamp cuts, working poor worryCNBC.comFor one in seven Americans, the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps, is all that stands between them and too little food. But the complicated calculus of financial survival for the working poor also means any …Republicans Nix …

Congress' massive food stamps failDetroit Free PressMike Thompson: Congress' massive food stamps fail. July 15, 2013 |. Comments · Tweet. Email; Print; Share. LinkedIn; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Reddit; Del.icio.us; Digg. A; A. Food stamps-Boehner-Congress-GOP. By Mike Thompson Detroit Free Press. More: continued here

WILKES-BARRE 8212 They are called the 822012 forever stamps8221 and they comprise the U.S. Postal Service’s most recent issuance, 8220Made in America Building a Nation,8221 postage stamps that honor the courageous workers who helped build our country. More: continued here