Will GOP plan to cut food stamps save the farm bill … or kill it?MinnPost.comBy splitting off the food stamp title of the legislation, which accounts for 80 percent of the nearly $1 trillion bill, GOP leaders hope to attract back enough conservative Republican votes to pass the measure. That would allow the House to…
May 15, 2013: Stacks of paperwork await members of the House Agriculture Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill, including small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. More:…
House GOP drops food stamps from massive farm billYahoo! NewsGOP leadership released a smaller version of the five-year bill late Wednesday, dropping a controversial section of the legislation that would have made small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. Republicans are divided on how big cuts … More: continued here
House Republicans Dropping Food Stamps From Farm BillHuffington PostGOP leadership released a smaller version of the five-year bill late Wednesday, dropping a controversial section of the legislation that would have made small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. Republicans are divided on how big cuts … More: continued here
House GOP drops food stamps from massive farm billModesto BeeWASHINGTON — House Republican leaders hoping to quickly recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. GOP leadership released a … More:…
US House Said to Consider Farm Aid Without Food StampsAgWebJuly 9 (Bloomberg) — U.S. House leaders have decided to split food stamps and other nutrition programs from farm subsidies and bring an agriculture-only bill up for a vote before the August recess, a Republican leadership aide said. Such a move would … More: continued here
House GOP drops food stamp cuts from farm billYahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders hoping to recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. The GOP House leadership released a … More:…
Breaking up the farm bill is hard to doWashington Post (blog)As you can see, the farm bill isn't purely a “farm” bill. About 80 percent of the bill actually goes toward food stamps for the poor and other nutritional programs — a long-standing arrangement that explains why the farm bill has historically gotten … More:…
GOP leaders consider splitting farm subsidies, food stampsLog Cabin DemocratWASHINGTON – A month after the House rejected a $972 billion farm bill, Republican leaders are considering a plan that would severe a decades-old tie that has bound food stamps and farm subsidies. The move is designed to attract support for the farm … More: continued…
With more than 1 in 5 citizens receiving assistance, it has more people on the program than the population of Boston or Seattle. More: continued here