ThinkProgress Walmart is dependent on food stampsMSNBCThe House of Representatives passed a farm bill on July 11 that, for the first time in 40 years, excludes authorization for food stamps. Although this omission doesn't eliminate spending on what's known formally as the Supplemental Nutritional …Food stamps work, so why are we cutting them?Washington Post (blog)GOP…
One 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. In reality, though, the bill passed by the House … More: continued here
WASHINGTON – One 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. More: continued here
The treacherous politics of the House's food stamps-farm bill fightThe Week Magazineven if you are neither a farmer nor one of the 47 million Americans getting help through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, you're probably still affected by the House's passage on Thursday night of a … More: continued here
Fact-checking the debate over food stampsPolitiFactSince the early 1970s, Congress has taken up funding for food stamps in the same bill as provisions affecting farmers. (Both are run by the Agriculture Department.) But in June, the House failed to pass a bill structured the traditional way, amid … More: continued here
Pallone slams House Republicans for cutting food stampsHunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comNEW BRUNSWICK — Frank Pallone is in a tough fight for the U.S. Senate but it was House Republicans he had in his sights today as he stopped by a local soup kitchen to rail against cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.and…
NPR (blog) House Passes Farm Bill Without Food StampsNPR (blog)House Republicans have approved a farm bill sans food stamps, leaving a gaping hole in the middle of the measure for the first time in 40 years. The 216-208 vote was largely on party lines, with no Democrats supporting it. Twelve Republicans also voted … More: continued…
House Cuts Food-Stamp Funds From Farm BillWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—A sharply divided House approved a bill Thursday that would set farm policy for the next five years, using a strategy that pleased conservative Republicans, angered Democrats and left the future of farm programs and food stamps in doubt. More: continued here
Democrat Corrine Brown: Bible tells us to provide food stampsWashington TimesDemocrats angrily denounced a Republican-led effort to strip food stamp funding from the farm bill and vote on SNAP spending separately, with one even suggesting that biblical principles demand lawmakers provide the benefit. SNAP stands for the federal …and more » More: continued here
Republicans to tackle cuts in food stamp programThe Seattle TimesRepublican leaders in the House won passage of the smaller farm bill on a party-line vote Thursday by dropping a section of the bill that dealt with food stamps, saying they would deal with that issue in a separate bill. After rallying most of his ……