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Week In News: Farm Bill Without The Food StampsNPRThe House of Representatives on Thursday passed their version of the Farm Bill without the food stamp provision that's been a part of the bill for decades. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows of The Atlantic about why the two have …

News Wrap: House Passes Farm Bill Without Food Stamps FundingPBSIn 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 in …

Food stamp fact check: For now, program will continue as isChristian Science MonitorOne after another, angry Democrats took to the House floor to say Republicans would increase hunger in America by stripping food stamps from the farm bill. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories … More: continued here

Boston Globe US Postal Service releases Boston Light stampBoston GlobeThe US Postal Service today released a Forever stamp depicting Boston Light, the first lighthouse in the country, along with stamps honoring four other New England lighthouses. “Lighthouses have different meanings for different people. It means hope …Lighthouse stamps pay tribute …

For 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. More: continued here

Postal service releases Boston Light commemorative stampBoston.comThe US Postal Service today released a Forever stamp depicting Boston Light, the first lighthouse in the country, along with stamps honoring four other New England lighthouses. “Lighthouses have different meanings for different people. It means hope … More: continued here

Postal service releases Boston Light commemorative stampBoston GlobeThe US Postal Service today released a Forever stamp depicting Boston Light, the first lighthouse in the country, along with stamps honoring four other New England lighthouses. “Lighthouses have different meanings for different people. It means hope … More: continued here

Food stamps have historically been linked to farm programs, but on Thursday the House passed the farm bill without addressing food stamps at all, saying the $80 billion program would be addressed in a separate bill. In 2012, one in seven Americans used food stamps. More: continued here

FACT CHECK: Farm bill doesn't end food stampsU.S. News & World ReportMoney for food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has for decades been linked to farm programs in what is known as the farm bill. That union has brought urban Democratic support for the rural …

Food stamps have historically been linked to farm programs, but on Thursday the House passed the farm bill without addressing food stamps at all, saying the $80 billion program would be addressed in a separate bill. In 2012, one in seven Americans used food stamps. More: continued here