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1 in 5 Tennesseans on food stampsMemphis Business JournalSince 1990, the number of Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, is up more than 140 percent. That means that 15 percent of the U.S. population is on food stamps. But Tennesseeans rely even more on that assistance. …

Truth-Out The Sword Drops on Food StampsThe Nation.It's official: Congress will slash food stamp funding in the midst of a deep economic recession, where more people rely on food stamps than ever before. Monday night, the Senate passed a five-year farm bill that contained $4.1 billion in cuts to the …

Taxpayers spend $41.3 million in a year to advertise food stamps, a 6-fold …Daily CallerSpending on advertising and outreach for food stamps has increased six-fold since 2000 — reaching $41.3 million in 2011, according to a new GOP report. According to calculations released by Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Budget …

US Rep. Peter Defazio says food stamps don't buy a lotOregonLive.comSPRINGFIELD — Congressman Peter Defazio went shopping at a WinCo grocery store in Springfield Monday to show how little food stamps would buy for one person for one week. He set out to spend just $31.50, but exceeded that by …

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Rep. Peter Defazio is trying to call attention to proposed cuts to food stamps by shopping on a budget. Armed with his coupons, he set out to spend just $31.50 on groceries for the week at Winco. That amount is the average benefit an individual on SNAP, otherwise known as …

DeFazio on food stamps: 'That's not a lot of food'KATUDeFazio on food stamps: 'That's not a lot of food' »Play Video Rep. Peter DeFazio went shopping on a budget – the average SNAP benefit for Oregonians – to demonstrate how proposed cuts to the program would affect his constituents.US Rep. …

Anonymous trainer completes Pokédex with 649 homemade Pokémon stampsROCKETNEWS24In addition to Pokémon, APT has made stamps from a number of other anime and game series, including Attack on Titan, Pretty Cure, and Vocaloid. We wonder what they'll do when Pokémon X and Y are released. For completeness sake, can we …

Senate's farm bill increases subsidies for farmers, trims food stampsLa Crosse TribuneThere are some significant differences between the Senate and House versions of the farm bill working their way through Congress this summer. A look at the bills: OVERALL COST: Both five-year bills would cost almost $100 billion annually, with …

UPDATE 2-US Senate passes farm bill; food stamp fight looms in HouseReutersWASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – The Democratic-run U.S. Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that expands a taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program and rejects sweeping cuts in food stamps for the poor being pursued in the …