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NEW YORK (AP) — Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has joined mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 14 other cities to revive a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say …

House to consider $2B-per-year cuts to food stampsKearney HubWASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm …

CBS News Limit food stamps for sodas, 18 mayors ask governmentCBS NewsNEW YORKSugary drinks, which have been linked to health risks, should not be bought with government-assistance food stamps, mayors of major U.S. cities said in a letter Tuesday urging the government to evaluate approaches to limiting the purchases.Mayors Push …

Examiner.com Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer wants sugary drinks exempt from food stampsThe Courier-JournalFischer and the other mayors said in the letter they believe the food stamp program, formally the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, can “do more to address the pressing challenges of obesity and diet-related disease.” Obesity, the letter …Louisville …

Mercer University named Colleen “Augusta” Hosmer of Rome one of nine Stamps Leadership Scholars as part of the University’s participation in the prestigious Stamps Scholars Program. In addition to … More: continued here

David Sarasohn: House goes after food stamps, and those who get themOregonLive.comThis week, the U.S. House of Representatives, trying once again to pass a five-year farm bill — it couldn't manage last year — is set to pass a measure that would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food …

Mayor Fischer among those pushing to keep food stamps from buying sugary …WDRBThe mayors of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, among others, say in a letter to congressional leaders that it is "time to test and evaluate approaches limiting" food stamps going to buy such drinks. New York …

Mayors are urging Congress to restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda. Nutter has twice tried and failed to enact a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Philadelphia. More: continued here

KSTP.com Nutter, other mayors: No using food stamps to buy sodaPhilly.comPhiladelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and 17 other mayors are urging Congress to restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda and other sugary drinks. The city leaders sent the letter as Congress is weighing cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition …

Mayors, including Hales, seek limits for soda buys with food stampsKATUThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the food stamp program, declined to comment on Tuesday's letter. Representatives for Republican House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, to whom the letter was addressed, … More: continued here