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Deseret News House votes no on crop subsidies , food stamps cutDeseret NewsWASHINGTON — The House rejected a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill Thursday that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad new work requirements on those who receive them. Those cuts weren't deep …

Raw Story Louie Gohmert Defends Cutting Food Stamps: Not 'Evil' Because They're Just …MediaiteOne of the biggest congressional fights over the farm bill that failed yesterday was a provision that would make significant cuts to the food stamp program. Today Texas Republican Louie Gohmert took to the House floor to …

U.S. News & World Report Food Stamps Second ChanceWall Street JournalOn Thursday the House routed a $940 billion piece of legislation known as a "farm bill," though it was more accurately a food stamps bill since that's where 80% of the money was headed. The defeat is an opportunity for …

Political Notebook: Border, food stamps and tweetsU-T San DiegoAs the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate continue debating a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration policies, Rep. Duncan Hunter is preparing to host lawmakers on a tour of the border with Mexico. Hunter, R-Alpine, says San Diego County …and more » More: …

Food Stamp Cuts Derail Farm BillHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders waged a blame game Thursday after GOP-backed cuts to food stamps unexpectedly derailed a trillion-dollar piece of legislation known as the farm bill. The bill's stunning failure sets back for a second … More: continued here

Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …National Journal (blog)Steve Southerland, R-Fla., to give states the option of imposing work requirements on recipients of food stamps, a kind of sick buzz filled the chamber and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., moved to …

Raw Story Louie Gohmert Argues Against Food Stamps, Claiming People Buy King Crab …Huffington Post"He looks at the king crab legs [being bought by a person with food stamps] and looks at his ground meat and realizes because he does pay income tax, he doesn't get more back than he …

Taking the ‘SNAP Challenge’ and buying just $4.50 of food a day is well-intentioned, but it misses the benefit program’s point. More: continued here

Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …Yahoo! NewsSteve Southerland, R-Fla., to give states the option of imposing work requirements on recipients of food stamps, a kind of sick buzz filled the chamber and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., moved to the …

Mayor Rahm Emanuel hasn’t joined the push to limit the size of sugary drinks Chicagoans can buy, but he and 17 other mayors have urged Congress to limit their access to those on public assistance.         More: continued here