White House threatens veto of farm bill that drops food stampsReutersIn a statement late on Wednesday, the White House said it would veto the 608-page farm subsidy bill because it "does not contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms" and it omitted food stamps, formally named the Supplemental Nutrition …House passes farm bill without food stamp…
House passes stripped down farm bill, without food stampsDaily CallerIn an effort to revive the House farm bill that failed last month, the House voted in favor of a pared-down version of the bill that does not include food-stamp funding Thursday. In a narrow 216-208 vote, the House passed the farm-focused legislation. More: continued here
New York Daily News Baby buys car on eBay using her dad's phoneNBCNews.com (blog)Last month, Stoute received an email from eBay that he had the winning bid for a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. Trouble was, he never knew about the car and certainly didn't bid on it. Stoute, who lives in Portland, Ore., with his…
ThinkProgress 'The death knell of the food stamp program'MSNBCThe latest incarnation of the bill, which narrowly passed with zero Democratic votes, includes no provisions related to funding for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps). Since 1977, every incarnation of …So Many New Jersey Residents Need Food Stamps That The Government…
Tab Bonidy was polite enough to ask before he brought a gun into a Colorado post office. In 2010 his lawyer sent a letter to USPS asking whether Bonidy would be prosecuted if he brought a firearm inside the facility or left one in his car while, let’s say, purchasing stamps. And he got a…
Wall Street Journal Is it time for food stamps to come out of the farm bill?Washington PostAs you can see, the farm bill isn't purely a “farm” bill. About 80 percent of the bill actually goes toward food stamps for the poor and other nutritional programs — a long-standing arrangement that explains why the farm…
House Republicans split farm bill, dropping section related to food stampsal.com (blog)GOP leaders were still counting how many votes they could muster for the new measure, which drops the politically sensitive food stamp portion of the bill, when they released the legislation late Wednesday. The White House swiftly issued a veto threat … More: continued…
We all know it’s dangerous to give your toddler your smartphone. Beyond the chance that they may just hurl it against a wall or something, you have to assume that all of that random button pushing is going to result … More: continued here
Anthony Hilton: Enough nostalgia — Royal Mail must adapt or dieEvening StandardRoyal Mail has to cope every day with the reality that, these days, people are more likely to know the cost of a text than the cost of a second-class stamp. People do not write letters any more. Royal Mail's core business is in…
Republicans drop food stamps from farm billYahoo! News2 Democrat in the House, called it a "bill to nowhere" since the Democratic Senate is likely to add the food stamp money back in. The Democratic-led Senate, which overwhelmingly passed a farm bill with only a half-percent cut to food stamps, would be … More: continued here