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Anthony Weiner Is Doing The Food Stamp ChallengeBuzzFeedAnthony Weiner Is Doing The Food Stamp Challenge. John Liu, city comptroller and another mayoral candidate, is doing the SNAP challenge too. “I'm gonna get probably a loaf of bread, some peanut butter, rice, lentils,” says Weiner. posted on June 13 … More: …

Rep. Matsui Adopts Food Stamp Grocery Budget in ProtestKTXLOne farm bill approved in the U.S. Senate Monday slashes $400 million a year from the Supplemental Nutrition Program otherwise known as SNAP or food stamps. $2 billion would disappear from the program and tables nationwide under a House proposal. More: continued …

Newscenter1.tv Stutzman to push farm bill apart from food stamp issueFort Wayne Journal GazetteU.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman said Thursday he will try to split food stamps away from the five-year farm bill the House is preparing to debate. “My focus right now is to convince leadership that we need a …

'Duck Day' celebrates stamps and waterfowlJackson Hole News&GuideAs part of a traveling exhibit of the U.S. Postal Service's 2012 Federal Duck Stamp and 2013 Junior Duck Stamp artwork, the National Elk Refuge is hosting “Duck Day” today. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone …

Morning briefing: Aging Wisconsin, veterans tax credits, Pocan on food stampsCapital TimesMark Pocan to live on food stamps for one week to shed light on hunger and poverty: Amy Alder of the Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent reports: "Every day in America, 47 million Americans, including more than 800,000 Wisconsinites, …

Newscenter1.tv Stutzman wants farm bill, food stamps separatedFort Wayne Journal GazetteU.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman said Thursday he will try to split food stamps away from the five-year farm bill the House is preparing to debate. “My focus right now is to convince leadership that we need a vote to separate …

Millionaire GOP Congressmen Are Trying to Cut $20 Billion In Food Stamps For …PoliticusUSAAs 26 House Democrats take the Food Stamp Challenge, prominent millionaire Republican congressmen are poised to pass a bill that would cut $20 billion from the food stamp program. Twenty six House Democrats are trying feed themselves …

Royal Mail release a set of stamps, featuring six portraits of the Queen, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her coronation. More: continued here

Food stamps: Congress glimpses into the meaning of $4.50 a dayLos Angeles TimesThe House cuts to food stamps would be significant. Some effects include slashing no less than 2 million low-income people from the food stamp program and placing in jeopardy 210,000 school meals for children in low-income families, according …

For months now, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) has been championing the cause of combatting hunger in America on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. On Thursday, he gave his 14th End Hunger Now speech to announce that he and some of his colleagues were beginning a SNAP Challenge …