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Congress Passes Farm Bill to End Fight Over Food Stamps
Bloomberg The Senate passed and sent to President Barack Obama a measure that sets U.S. agricultural policy for five years, ending the toughest legislative battle on renewal of the farm bill in almost two decades with cuts to crop subsidies and food stamps. Legislation maintains subsidies, cuts food stamps by $800 million Senate's farming bill cuts food stamps Does slicing $8 billion from food stamps cut to bone or just trim some flab? |
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