Crop insurance, food stamps at issue in farm bill

The House and Senate Agriculture committees are debating a new farm bill this week. The current legislation directed more than $1 billion to Minnesota last year in the form of food stamp benefits and subsidized crop insurance for farmers. Those two expensive programs are the most controversial portions of the …

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Panel Set to OK Cut in Food Stamps – ABC News

ABC News Panel Set to OK Cut in Food StampsABC NewsThe House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. Congress Farm Bill.JPEG. The cuts are part of …

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Report: $3 billion in unused food stamps

As Congress this week considers possible changes to the nation’s food stamp program, an advocacy group released a report on Monday that estimates only two-thirds of Texas residents who were eligible for food stamps received them in 2011 — costing the state more than $3 billion in unused federal aid. …

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