Cut in food stamps to hit low-income Americans this week

By Charles Abbott and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of every seven Americans will take a hit on Friday when a $5 billion cut in food stamps, the first across-the-board reduction in the history of the decades-old federal program, takes effect. But if conservative Republicans in Congress get their way, this week's pullback may be just a taste of what's to come for some of …

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