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Wall Street Journal (blog) Food Stamps Changes Helped Defeat House Farm BillWall Street Journal (blog)The surprising collapse of the farm bill Thursday was due in part to Democratic revolts over changes to eligibility standards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. The bill would have made it …

Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …National JournalSteve 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 …

Minneapolis Star Tribune House rejects massive farm bill that would have cut food stampsMinneapolis Star TribuneThis May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 …

Raw Story Gohmert: Cutting food stamps not evil because poor people buy king crab legsRaw StoryRepresentative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Thursday denied it was “evil” for Republicans to want to cut food stamps because poor people used the program to purchase extravagant foods. The Texas congressman complained that Democrats had …

Mayors Push To Stop Food Stamps From Being Used To Buy Sugary DrinksCBS LocalMayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and more than a dozen mayors across the country, are making a push to stop food stamps from being used to purchase sugary drinks and snacks. Christie Ileto explains. Last year, about 47 million …

Emanuel signs letter suggesting no food stamps for soda purchasesChicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel has refused to ban soda from City Hall vending machines and has not joined the push to limit the size of sugary drinks people can buy, citing the importance of “personal responsibility.” That philosophy apparently does not …

No food stamps for soft drinks, Minneapolis mayor saysMinnesota Public RadioNEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, …

Yahoo! News Farm Law Fails in US House on Cuts to Food StampsBloombergEnough U.S. House Republicans defied Speaker John Boehner and joined Democrats to defeat agriculture policy legislation that would cut $20.5 billion in food-stamp spending. The 195-234 vote today followed by less than two weeks Senate passage of a …House …

Farm bill that would have cut food stamps, added drug testing fails Houseal.com (blog)… as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. The House has rejected a five year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad …

Yahoo! News House rejects massive farm bill that would have cut food stamps; 62 …Washington PostThe Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the farm bill last week, with about $2.4 billion a year in overall cuts and a $400 million annual decrease in food stamps— one-fifth of the House bill's …