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Postal Pointers: La Florida stamp first day cancellations availableLehigh Acres CitizenFirst day cancellations are still available for the beautiful La Florida postage stamps that were released April 3 in St. Augustine. To obtain the first day of sale postmark, mail stationery items bearing La Florida stamps to Customer Relations USPS …

ThinkProgress Off food stamps and employed — with taxpayers' helpThe Seattle TimesWashington's food-stamp program has helped thousands find jobs and get off public assistance through a federally funded employment-training program. A bill in the U.S. House calls for replicating that program nationally — even as lawmakers weigh …Cook: Making a …

Proposal would reduce food stamps program by $20BBrownsville HeraldVela sits on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, which this month approved a farm bill that calls for $20 billion in cuts to SNAP, the nation's food stamp program. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., the chairman of the committee, touted the bill's …

To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. More: continued here

Washington’s food-stamp program has helped thousands find jobs and get off public assistance through a federally funded employment-training program. A bill in the U.S. House calls for replicating that program nationally — even as lawmakers weigh food-stamp spending cuts. More: continued here

USDA makes it easier for farmers markets to accept food stampsLincoln Journal StarThe federal government has made it easier and less expensive for farmers markets and farmers themselves to get the wireless equipment needed to sell to food stamp recipients. There's grant money to help pay the cost of leasing …

To hear Republicans – and some Democrats – in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. More: continued here

Opposing Views Is Banning People With Criminal Records From Food Stamps Racist?Opposing ViewsThe Senate unanimously voted last Wednesday to make ex-convicts who were convicted of violent crimes ineligible for the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps. Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on … More: continued …

David Vitter pushing amendments to ban food stamps for some felons, stop free …NOLA.comMeanwhile, opponents of another Vitter amendment, barring food stamps to people previously convicted of murder, pedofilia and violent sexual assault, are hoping the Senate will reverse course and either modify the proposal or kill it. Vitter argued …

ThinkProgress Cook: Making a case for food stampsThe AdvocateTo hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps (the …Local …