House passes $100-billion-a-year farm bill that cuts food stamps but preserves … – New York Daily News
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House passes $100-billion-a-year farm bill that cuts food stamps but preserves …
New York Daily News After more than two years of partisan squabbles over food and farm policy, the House passed and sent to the Senate Wednesday an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill containing a small cut in food stamps and preserving most crop subsidies. Hemp, farm-raised fish, food labels and food stamps: What's in the farm bill? House passes farm bill preserving crop subsidies, slightly curbing food stamps Food stamps: how House, Senate negotiators agreed to cut $800 million a year … |
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