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Read More »The history and future of food stamps: A vivid symbol in the US debate over poverty programs
WASHINGTON — Food stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge to "end welfare as we know it." More: continued here
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Read More »The lesson of the food stamps vote: Party is all that matters now
How many of the Congress members' constituents used food stamps didn't matter at all. More: continued here
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