Minneapolis Star Tribune US House votes down farm billMinneapolis Star TribuneWASHINGTON – The House of Representatives stumbled over a divisive plan to cut food stamps and failed Thursday to pass a five-year farm bill. The 234-195 defeat of the bill leaves the government scrambling for a long-term program to govern …
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Read More »House defeats farm bill because of food stamp cuts – Christian Science Monitor
House defeats farm bill because of food stamp cutsChristian Science MonitorJoel Freeman never imagined needing food stamps after graduating from college. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. How much do you know about US entitlement programs? Take our quiz. The Circle Bastiat Why the food stamp program is a fraud … …
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Read More »Food Stamps Changes Helped Defeat House Farm Bill – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog) Food Stamps Changes Helped Defeat House Farm BillWall Street Journal (blog)The surprising collapse of the farm bill Thursday was due in part to Democratic revolts over changes to eligibility standards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. The bill would have made it …
Read More »Conservatives”Overreach’ on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the … – National Journal
Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …National JournalSteve Southerland, R-Fla., to give states the option of imposing work requirements on recipients of food stamps, a kind of sick buzz filled the chamber and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., moved to the …
Read More »House rejects massive farm bill that would have cut food stamps – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune House rejects massive farm bill that would have cut food stampsMinneapolis Star TribuneThis May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 …
Read More »Gohmert: Cutting food stamps not evil because poor people buy king crab legs – Raw Story
Raw Story Gohmert: Cutting food stamps not evil because poor people buy king crab legsRaw StoryRepresentative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Thursday denied it was “evil” for Republicans to want to cut food stamps because poor people used the program to purchase extravagant foods. The Texas congressman complained that Democrats had …
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