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The Atlantic Wire Food Stamps May Be Split From Farm Bill In HouseHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Republicans are making more noise about dropping food stamps from farm legislation that previously failed to pass the House of Representatives because of disagreement over cuts in nutrition assistance. Roll Call reported Tuesday that a …Why …

ThinkProgress So Many New Jersey Residents Need Food Stamps That The Government Can't …ThinkProgressHigh demand for food stamps has made New Jersey one of the slowest states in the nation to process food stamp applications. States are required to process applications for the food stamp program, or SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional …

Get Food Stamps Out of the Farm BillBloombergIf anything good has come from Congress's refusal to approve a new farm bill last month, it's this: There's now serious talk of separating agriculture subsidies from the food-stamp program. By marrying the two programs in the late 1970s, Congress all … More: …

About 80 percent of the farm bill goes toward food stamps. Many Republicans want to change that. More: continued here

United Liberty The Republican plan to cut food stamps even moreMSNBCTashawna Green's daughter Taishaun, 6, reaches into the freezer for an ice pop at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green's mother Tashawna, who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on …

House May Split Food Stamps from Rest of Farm BillInsurance JournalU.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 amount to …

1 in 5 citizens receive food stamps in these statesWTVM(WTVM) -. According to the Department of Agriculture, 22% of citizens in Mississippi are on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). That's much higher than the national average of 15%. Wyoming had the smallest number of citizens with food … More: continued here

The USA may be one of the richest and most dynamic economies in the world, but one in six Americans receive help with their grocery bills in the form of food stamps, funded by the federal government. More: continued here

Two clubs with plenty of recent success go head-to-head Friday as the Calgary Stampeders visit Percival Molson Stadium to face the Montreal Alouettes. More: continued here

Wall Street Journal House May Split Food Stamps From Farm BillNational JournalFunding authorization for food stamps is being split off from the five-year farm bill that failed to gain House passage last month, which could trigger a floor vote on the farm-only piece later this week. A House Republican leadership …