House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billionBoston.comWASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have …Texas delegation divided on farm bill that threatens…
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. More: continued here
House Votes to Cut Food StampsABC NewsThe chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to a wide-ranging farm bill that would have maintained current spending on food stamps and cut farm subsidies instead. The bill cuts the $80 billion-a-year program by about 3 percent and makes it …Texas delegation divided on farm bill that threatens food stampsHouston…
House votes to cut food stamps77Square.comThe chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to a wide-ranging farm bill that would have maintained current spending on food stamps and cut farm subsidies instead. The bill cuts the $80 billion-a-year program by about 3 percent and makes it … More: continued here
House makes cuts to food stamps in farm bill89.3 KPCC (blog)The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved $20 billion in cuts to food stamps— now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — over the next 10 years. The cuts are part of the farm bill being debated by the House. More: continued…
Slay, 17 other mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy sodaKMOV.comNEW YORK—The mayors of St. Louis, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 14 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say…
FedEx is trimming fewer U.S. employees than most analysts believed, while creating more savings than the company previously expected. More: continued here
Methven Post shop’s Carol McAndrew says her town has about three inches of snow. More: continued here
Reading area mail slowed by post office movesReading EagleAmong the customers affected is Albright College, which receives hundreds or thousands of pieces of mail daily in its post office box in the Yatron facility, said Albright spokesman Tom Durso. The school's mail clerk used to be able to get that mail at … More: continued…
Maui Now Waiver Associated with Post Office Demolition Fails to PassMaui NowBy Wendy Osher. A proposed waiver that surfaced in a special meeting of the county council today failed to pass as an investigation looms over potential misuse of funds involving the demolition of the Old Wailuku Post Office. The item fell two votes ……