Opposing Views Soledad O'Brien Grills Jeff Sessions Over Cutting Food Stamps (VIDEO)Huffington PostSoledad O'Brien grilled senator Jeff Sessions over his efforts to cut the federal food stamps program on Tuesday's "Starting Point." Earlier this year, Sessions proposed removing $11 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. He …Video: Sen. Jeff …
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MANILA Philippines — The Philippine Postal Corporation is set to release a new line of "New Year 2013" stamps. It is classified as a "special" stamp of issue of two different designs with denominations of P10 and P30 and a quantity of 110,000 pieces only. More: continued here
Read More »Food stamps grow at three times the rate of job creation – Human Events
Food stamps grow at three times the rate of job creationHuman EventsThe just reported foodstamp number for September was a doozy, with 607,544 new Americans becoming eligible for foodstamps, as a record 47.7 million Americans are now living in poverty at least according to the USDA. The monthly increase was …
Read More »Kalispell woman pleads guilty to food stamp fraud – Helena Independent Record
Kalispell woman pleads guilty to food stamp fraudHelena Independent RecordA 38-year-old Kalispell woman has pleaded guilty to repeatedly defrauding federal programs designed to aid low-income families. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Wendy Renee Houser-Bond pleaded guilty on Dec. 6 to theft of federal property by fraud after …Woman admits years …
Read More »GOP senator slams USDA for not answering questions on policies contributing to … – Daily Caller
Daily Caller GOP senator slams USDA for not answering questions on policies contributing to …Daily CallerFollowing news that participation in the food stamp program hit another record high in September, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions took to the Senate floor Tuesday to lambast the Department of Agriculture for failing to …
Read More »Some Staten Island Hurricane Sandy victims can apply for food stamps Dec. 14 … – SILive.com
SILive.com Some Staten Island Hurricane Sandy victims can apply for food stamps Dec. 14 …SILive.comEnlarge Anthony DePrimo Rocco Rubio of Goodall Street is pictured on the top floor of his flooded Great Kills home as he plans on staying there as often as he can to guard it from looters, …
Read More »Cory Booker’s week on food stamps – Washington Post (blog)
NBCNews.com Cory Booker's week on food stampsWashington Post (blog)Newark mayor Cory Booker spent the past week subsisting on corn and beans — and, in typical Cory Booker fashion, tweeting and Instagramming the whole thing. While many have called the effort a stunt, Booker says he's just raising awareness of the …
Read More »Mayor Cory Booker Shines the Light – Huffington Post
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Mayor Cory Booker Shines the LightHuffington PostMayor Cory Booker of Newark recently gave himself a food stamp challenge, and he's been speaking out about some of the issues that have arisen for him during this time. As I mentioned in my last blog, "The Food Stamp …
Read More »Soledad O’Brien Grills GOP Senator About Cutting Food Stamps: ‘You Voted For … – Mediaite
ThinkProgress Soledad O'Brien Grills GOP Senator About Cutting Food Stamps: 'You Voted For …MediaiteOn CNN's Starting Point Tuesday morning, Soledad O'Brien grilled Republican Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) about his preferred cuts to the food stamp program and its impact on the poor. Noting that Sessions himself had voted for increases …
Read More »Ways 2 Save: Free stamps and 69¢ holiday cards – WKYC-TV
WKYC-TV Ways 2 Save: Free stamps and 69¢ holiday cardsWKYC-TVCLEVELAND – It's that time of the year for delivering your holiday cheer on a dime… if you use the right coupon code. Thankfully, in the last 24 hours, a discount code popped up to lower your costs dramatically at one …
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