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House passes agricultural bill without food stamps for the first time since the 1970s. More: continued here

GOP Plan to Split Up Farm Bill Could Doom Food StampsMother Jones (blog)On June 20, the farm bill, a huge, five-year bill that provides funding for farm and nutrition programs, failed to pass the House by a vote of 234-195. That's because conservative Republicans thought that the bill's $21 billion in cuts from the food…

U.S. News & World Report House narrowly passes farm bill after Republicans carve out food stampsFox NewsHouse Republicans triggered a political melee Thursday after stripping food stamps from the farm bill, as Democrats lined up to accuse their colleagues of attacking "poor people." The debate on the floor was intense, as House leaders trudged toward…

NBC Connecticut Lighthouse stamps pay tribute to beacons of the bayUSA TODAYThe collection of 46-cent "forever" stamps, being released Saturday, will showcase five historic New England lighthouses, including the Boston Harbor lighthouse, known as Boston Light. Built in 1716, Boston Light is the oldest lighthouse in the country …Point Judith light among five on new…

House Sets Up Farm Bill Vote Sans Food StampsRoll Call (blog)House GOP leadership has officially moved forward on a farm bill without food stamps, setting up a Thursday final passage vote on an agriculture-only measure that has shaky support. The House Rules Committee adopted a closed rule late Wednesday night … More: continued here

Congress today appeared to move farther away rather than closer to passing legislation that Midwestern farmers say they need. More: continued here

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (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 omitted food stamps for the poor. Lawmakers passed the 608-page bill, unveiled by Republican leaders late on Wednesday night, on a 216-208,…

White House threatens veto of farm bill that drops food stampsReutersIn a statement late on Wednesday, the White House said it would veto the 608-page farm subsidy bill because it "does not contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms" and it omitted food stamps, formally named the Supplemental Nutrition …House passes farm bill without food stamp…

House passes stripped down farm bill, without food stampsDaily CallerIn an effort to revive the House farm bill that failed last month, the House voted in favor of a pared-down version of the bill that does not include food-stamp funding Thursday. In a narrow 216-208 vote, the House passed the farm-focused legislation. More: continued here

ThinkProgress 'The death knell of the food stamp program'MSNBCThe latest incarnation of the bill, which narrowly passed with zero Democratic votes, includes no provisions related to funding for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps). Since 1977, every incarnation of …So Many New Jersey Residents Need Food Stamps That The Government…