U.S. News & World Report House to Vote on Cutting Back on Food StampsABC NewsHouse Republican leaders scrambled Thursday to line up support in advance of a late-afternoon vote on legislation that would cut nearly $4 billion a year from the food stamp program, now used by 1 in 7 …
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House Republicans on Thursday will take up a controversial bill cutting 3.8 million people from food stamp rolls next year by making it tougher for some families to qualify. More: continued here
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Read More »Post Office holds online yard sale – The Portland Phoenix
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One in 7 Americans now receive food stamps, or 47 million people. But the House is expected to vote for a 5 percent cut in the food stamp (SNAP) program Thursday. More: continued here
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The privatisation of Royal Mail would be reversed in an independent Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond tells MSPs in parliament. More: continued here
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