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A House version of the the farm bill took food stamps out entirely – leaving them to be taken up later and separately. But if cuts are what Republicans want, the tactic might backfire. More: continued here

House passes farm bill without food stamp measureNBCNews.comBy Carrie Dann and Frank Thorp. After an embarrassing failure to pass a farm bill last month, House Republicans on Thursday narrowly passed a modified version of the bill that stripped-out funding authorization for food stamps and nutrition programs. More: continued here

Republican leaders muster the votes to get passage of an abbreviated measure despite opposition from Democrats. More: continued here

Food stamps programs have kept hunger from exploding, so why is Congress weighing whether to gut or merely cut them? More: continued here

ThinkProgress Food stamps work, so why are we cutting them?Washington Post“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 expenses and take care of their…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a scaled-down farm bill through the House on Thursday, putting off a fight over food stamp spending and giving GOP leaders a victory after a decisive defeat on the larger bill last month. More: continued here

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By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a controversial farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system but omitted food stamps for the poor. Lawmakers passed the 608-page bill, unveiled by Republican leaders late on Wednesday, on a 216-208,…

House OKs scaled-down farm bill sans food stampsBoston.comWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a scaled-down farm bill through the House on Thursday, putting off a fight over food stamp spending and giving GOP leaders a victory after a decisive defeat on the larger bill last month. Republicans faced … More: continued here

White House Threatens Veto of Farm Bill That Drops Food StampsNewsmax.comThe 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. The farm subsidy bill was unveiled late Wednesday … More: continued here