Media Matters for America Food Stamps Facing Scheduled Cut, Plus Attacks in CongressThe Nonprofit QuarterlyIt is particularly ironic that food stamps are at risk while other farm-related subsidies get bipartisan support. The Times notes Republican congressman Stephen Fincher, owner of a farm north of Memphis, who himself has received $3.5 …
Read More »The squeeze: House GOP might double food stamp cuts – MSNBC
The squeeze: House GOP might double food stamp cutsMSNBCJaden Painegua (2) rests on his mother's shoulder at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food bank on July 24, 2013 in New York City. The food bank assists thousands of qualifying New York residents in providing a monthly allotment of food. …
Read More »Your Mail 9-11-13: Save Alexandria’s post offices … ‘Outliers’ not needed in … – Alexandria Town Talk
Your Mail 9-11-13: Save Alexandria's post offices … 'Outliers' not needed in …Alexandria Town TalkPlease, contact your senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., concerning the proposed closing of that post office and the one downtown on Murray Street. Both are essential to the larger part of the city; and they …
Read More »GOP bill blocks food stamp users from buying junk food – The Hill (blog)
GOP bill blocks food stamp users from buying junk foodThe Hill (blog)The Healthy Food Choices Act, H.R. 3073, reflects a long-standing criticism that the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allows people to buy billions of dollars worth of junk food. A 2012 study found that food stamps enable … …
Read More »Donald Trump to open his first hotel in DC – USA TODAY
Donald Trump to open his first hotel in DCUSA TODAYWASHINGTON—Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump today unveiled plans to spend $200 million turning the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in the nation's capital into a luxury hotel with 270 rooms and presidential suites with bulletproof windows. More: continued here
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The Old Post Office's nine lives (Video)Washington Business Journal (blog)During a press conference revealing the designs for the new Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office, General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Commissioner Dorothy Robyn shared the story of how the historic building managed to … More: continued here
Read More »Post ban put on dog bite house
ROYAL Mail bosses have told a postwoman to stop delivering letters to a house where she was attacked by a dog. More: continued here
Read More »$20 billion not enough? House GOP weighs $40 billion food stamp cut – MSNBC
$20 billion not enough? House GOP weighs $40 billion food stamp cutMSNBCJaden Painegua (2) rests on his mother's shoulder at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food bank on July 24, 2013 in New York City. The food bank assists thousands of qualifying New York residents in providing a monthly …
Read More »iPhone 5 eBay prices rise even as Apple sunsets the device – CNET
iPhone 5 eBay prices rise even as Apple sunsets the deviceCNETiPhone 5 eBay prices rise even as Apple sunsets the device. The Cupertino computer maker will stop selling the previous generation smartphone, but demand for it is up even as iPhones 5C and 5S are waiting in the wings, if …
Read More »Post office apathy – A Taxpayer
The average middle-class working person may not require the services of the post office any longer, given the various online means for communication and settling bills, as well as the easy availability of agents to handle things like road tax and insurance. But if you were to step into a …
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