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Stamps honor coal mining, other tradesGo LackawannaDaiutolo said the Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee is tasked with evaluating the merits of all stamp proposals. Established in 1957, the committee provides the Postal Service with a “breadth of judgment and depth of experience in …and more » More: continued here

Democrats crying foul over food stamps split from farm bill?Fox NewsThe house's approval of a scaled back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger battle over food stamps last Thursday. Republicans pushed through an agriculture bill but with the food stamps component — — — — …

ThinkProgress Top Democrat Goes Off On GOP For Slashing Food StampsThinkProgressSenate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) slammed the Republican-controlled House's decision to cut food stamps out of the Farm Bill they passed, reserving particularly harsh words for one Congressman's implication that food stamp recipients were …Oh, snap! The GOP misfires on …

Indian War on Food StampsIndian Country Today Media NetworkGovernment statistics indicate that American Indians are among the groups who rely on food stamps and federal nutrition programs the most. According to recent federal data, SNAP in 2008 served an average of 540,000 low-income people who identified as … More: continued here

EDITORIAL: Food stamps, farm subsidies aren't mutually exclusiveLehighvalleylive.comThe Senate, meanwhile, has passed a $995 billion, 10-year bill that funds both farm needs and food stamps, cutting the latter by $4 billion. In June, the House attempted to pass a combined bill that would cut food stamps by $20.5 billion; it …

Missing: The Food Stamp ProgramNew York Times“We'll get to that later.” That was the dismissive answer of Speaker John Boehner on Thursday, when asked if the House would restore the food stamp program it had just coldly ripped out of the farm bill. “Later,” he said, Republicans will deal with …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Postage stamps featuring five New England lighthouses are now on sale.         More: continued here

Portland Head Light now a stampMorning SentinelThe New England Coastal Lighthouses Forever stamp series, which went on sale Saturday, includes the iconic Portland Head Light and four other lighthouses along the New England coast. The new stamps were unveiled Saturday at a first-day-of-issue …PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Postage stamps featuring five …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Postage stamps featuring five New England …CBS LocalThe stamps feature Maine's oldest lighthouse, the Portland Head Light, which was established in 1791, along with the nation's oldest, the Boston Harbor Light, Portsmouth Harbor Light in New Hampshire, Point Judith Lighthouse in Rhode Island and New …Portland Head …

News Wrap: House Passes Farm Bill Without Food Stamps FundingPBS NewsHourIn other news Thursday, House representatives voted 216-208 to pass a farm bill that excludes a measure for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps. Also, at least 31 people were killed in a series of attacks …