Food stamps might split from House farm billSioux Falls Argus LeaderThe House appears to be moving closer to splitting the farm bill in two — one package of legislation with the agriculture components and another with the nutrition section, which includes the popular food stamp program. Lawmakers are canvassing … More: continued here
Leaders Struggle to Find Votes for Farm Bill Without Food StampsRoll Call (blog)House GOP leaders face stiff resistance as they furiously whip a farm bill stripped of food stamps, running up against angry Democrats and failing to win over conservative groups that helped sink the bill the last time it came to the floor. Majority…
House GOP leaders face stiff resistance as they furiously whip a farm bill stripped of food stamps, running up against angry Democrats and failing to win over conservative groups that helped sink the bill the last time it came to the floor. More: continued here
Get Food Stamps Out of the Farm BillBloomberg (blog)If 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: continued here
Christian Science Monitor Will GOP plan to cut food stamps save the farm bill … or kill it?Christian Science MonitorBy splitting off the food stamp title of the bill, 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…
Wall Street Journal Things That Aren't Inevitable: The Farm BillHeritage.org (blog)Now, the House has a chance to get it right—and splitting the actual farm-related programs from the food stamps is only the first step. Breaking the farm programs and food stamps into two bills is a start—but then the House needs to start over. Why…
More than 1 million Americans on food stampsKETKTyler, Texas (KETK) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, the number of people needing assistance surpasses the private sector workers. The data shows, nearly a third of our country is on food stamps. KETK discussed this new report with … More: continued here
Humiliated House Republicans Drop Food Stamps From The Farm BillPoliticusUSAParalyzed by a complete inability to pass legislation on their own, House Republican leaders have removed their planned funding and cuts to food stamps in order to get the Farm Bill passed. Roll Call is reporting that House Republican leaders are so … More: continued here
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after suffering an embarrassing defeat, House Republican leaders are considering a new strategy to try to win support for the massive, five-year farm bill: splitting it into two separate measures, one for farm programs and one for food stamps. More: continued here
US House Said to Consider Farm Aid Without Food Stamps (1)BusinessweekU.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 a divorce … More: continued…