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The fight over food stamps explainedWashington Post (blog)House Republicans have dropped funding for food stamps and other nutritional programs from the Farm Bill – historically about 80 percent of the funding's legislation. It's a move that upsets decades of political compromise on agriculture policy. How … More: continued here

House Passes Farm Bill, Sans Food StampsABC News (blog)Much to the chagrin of Democrats, the House of Representatives voted today down partisan lines to approve a farm bill, which was separated from a comprehensive version of legislation that initially included hundreds of billions of dollars for food stamps. More: continued …

House farm bill leaves food stamps in limboChristian Science MonitorHouse Republicans achieved the elusive goal of passing a farm bill Thursday by slicing federal support for food programs from the bill, breaking a half-century long legislative connection between farm policy and food programs for the poor. Skip to next … More: …

White House threatens veto of farm bill that drops food stampsYahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has threatened to veto a Republican-drafted farm bill, scheduled for a vote in the House on Thursday, that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program but omits food stamps for the poor. The farm … …

New York Times House Republicans Push Through Farm Bill, Without Food StampsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Republicans muscled a pared-back agriculture bill through the House on Thursday, stripping out the food stamp program to satisfy recalcitrant conservatives but losing what little Democratic support the bill had when it failed last month.House …

Farm Bill passes in House, without food stamp fundingWashington Post (blog)House Republicans successfully passed a Farm Bill Thursday by splitting apart funding for food stamps from federal agricultural policy, a move that infuriated the White House and congressional Democrats who spent most of the day trying to delay a final …

House defies Obama, passes farm bill without food stampsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system but abandons food stamps for the poor. More: continued here

House Republicans have upset decades of agricultural compromise. More: continued here

ThinkProgress Food stamps work, so why are we cutting them?Washington Post (blog)“I tried to live on what food stamps give you for a week last year and I couldn't do it, but it does make enough of a difference to allow people to stay in their apartments, and pay medical …

House OKs scaled-down farm bill sans food stampsThe Seattle TimesHouse OKs scaled-down farm bill sans food stamps. The House passed Thursday a scaled-down version of a massive farm bill, putting off a fight over food stamp spending and giving Republican leaders a victory after a decisive defeat on the larger …