House GOP drops food stamp cuts from farm billYahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders hoping to recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. The GOP …
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