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ThinkProgress Food stamps work, so why are we cutting them?Washington Post“I tried to live on what food stamps give you for a week last year and I couldn't do it, but it does make enough of a difference to allow people to stay in their apartments, and pay medical expenses …
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By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a controversial farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system but omitted food stamps for the poor. Lawmakers passed the 608-page bill, unveiled by Republican leaders late …
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