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God is opposed to food stamps? Let's try an evidence-based approach to hunger …Washington Post (blog)Now we have a Republican who used biblical arguments against food stamps to counter Democrats who used biblical arguments for food stamps. During a meeting of the House Agricultural Committee, Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher quoted …

Fox Pundit Jokes Food Stamps Could Be A Diet PlanThinkProgressFox Business kicked off Thanksgiving eve with a joke about food stamps. Discussing Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker's challenge to live on food stamps for one week, Fox pundit Andrea Tantaros said that living on a $133 monthly allowance for …

U.S. News & World Report 26 Lawmakers Live Off Food Stamps To Protest Republican CutsThinkProgressTwenty-six members of Congress will live off of a food stamp budget this week to draw attention to House Republicans cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program's eligibility requirements already leave out 50 …

The Fiscal Times Fight Over Food Stamps in a Nearly $1 Trillion Farm BillThe Fiscal TimesCongress finally appears on track to pass a new farm bill this year after stumbling badly with a failed attempt during the 2012 election season. But a bitter battle over the massive federal food stamp …

How the "Wal-Mart Syndrome" Pushes Millions More Onto Food StampsMoney MorningEntire industries — such as low-end retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and fast food chains like McDonald's Inc. (NYSE: MCD) – pump up their profits by paying employees extremely low wages. But thousands of Americans who need to …

The Fiscal Times Food Stamp Fight in a Nearly $1 Trillion Farm BillThe Fiscal TimesCongress finally appears on track to pass a new farm bill this year after stumbling badly with a failed attempt during the 2012 election season. But a bitter battle over the massive federal food stamp program …

Earlier this week the Senate passed a farm bill by a vote of 66 to 27 that would finance programs such as food stamps, foreign food aid and crop insurance. Mark Bittman, a food writer and columnist at The New York Times and author of several books including the “How …

Food Bank fights Food Stamp cutsCrain’s New York BusinessMeanwhile, if the current version of the House bill passes, New York City residents would lose up to 200 million meals. That's because the Farm Bill covers funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is known as SNAP or Food Stamps. …

Food Stamp Cuts Dramatized By Democrats Taking 'SNAP Challenge'Huffington PostWhile the cuts are too deep for Democrats, they may not be deep enough to win over some Republicans, some of whom want food stamps taken out of the farm bill so nutrition assistance could be curtailed more easily. The linkage …

Michigan Representative Dan Kildee to live on food stamps for one weekWZZMFLINT, Mich. (WZZM) – Michigan U.S. Representative Dan Kildee is going to live for one week on food stamps. In a news release, Kildee says he wants to raise awareness about possible budget cuts in nutrition programs for low-income …