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Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cuts
Boston.com Republicans want to chop food stamp benefits for a family of four by $60 a month beginning next year and tighten eligibility standards to force 3 million people off the program as an alternative to already-passed cuts in defense spending. House panel okays $33 billion in food stamp cuts Food Stamp Cuts Eyed By House GOP To Forestall Defense Cutbacks |
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