Senate Passes Crop Insurance Bill; House Fight Over Food Stamps NextInsurance JournalThe Democratic-run U.S. Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that expands a taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program and rejects sweeping cuts in food stamps for the poor being pursued in the House of Representatives. The bill …
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Augusta Free Press Washington's attack on the poor continues as the Senate votes for big cuts to …In These TimesOn Monday evening, the Senate voted to cut roughly $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known by its former name, food stamps. The 66-27 vote on …
Read More »The Check’s Not In The Mail: Post Office Loses Tax Bills For Entire Town – Forbes
The Check's Not In The Mail: Post Office Loses Tax Bills For Entire TownForbesA Mt. Kisco employee apparently took the mail – 2,000 first-class window envelopes in two plastic tubs – to the post office. The bills were dispatched to the White Plains processing center. And then, those bills simply …
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Honesty at Stockton post officeCedarrepublicanI proceeded to the service station for gas to mow my yard, and had some letters to mail, so I stopped at the post office to toss my letters in the outside mail box. I then drove on to the service station. I got the gas, …
Read More »Yankton Post Office To Be Auctioned Off – Yankton Daily Press
Yankton Post Office To Be Auctioned OffYankton Daily PressThe former post office in downtown Yankton is slated to hit the auction block soon, according to a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) official. “We are using the General Services Administration (GSA) to market the Yankton Post Office and 18 other properties …CA:CO …
Read More »Order! Order! On eBay (and pick it up from the Speaker’s wife) – The Sun
The Sun Order! Order! On eBay (and pick it up from the Speaker's wife)The SunSPEAKER'S wife Sally Bercow has sparked security fears after flogging posh furniture from her free Commons home on eBay— and getting punters to collect the goods at Parliament. Mrs Bercow, 43, has sold several antique pieces …
Read More »Farm bill promises more rice subsidies, some cuts to food stamps – Daily Democrat
Farm bill promises more rice subsidies, some cuts to food stampsDaily DemocratThe bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee last month would make much larger cuts to food stamps than the Senate version, in a bid to gain support from those House conservatives who have opposed the measure. The Senate …
Read More »eBay redesigns eBay Now for iPhone, plans Android app and Bay Area, NYC … – The Next Web
Pulse 2.0 eBay redesigns eBay Now for iPhone, plans Android app and Bay Area, NYC …The Next WebWhile eBay has kept itself busy lately with sales tax legislation, the eBay Now team has a number of announcements to share today: the eBay Now iPhone app is hitting version 2.0, with …
Read More »Man tries to sell Mercedes on eBay using ‘more to love’ wife as model and son … – Adelaide Now
Man tries to sell Mercedes on eBay using 'more to love' wife as model and son …Adelaide NowA British man, with an obvious sense of humour, has posted his Mercedes E320 Cdi on eBay using pictures of his full-figured wife draped over the bonnet to help the sale. And to …
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