Christian Science Monitor Will GOP plan to cut food stamps save the farm bill … or kill it?Christian Science MonitorBy splitting off the food stamp title of the bill, which accounts for 80 percent of the nearly $1 trillion bill, GOP leaders hope to attract back enough conservative Republican votes …
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