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Farm bill may snip $90 a month from food stamps
A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. The deal could trim as much as $90 a month from food...
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In wake of SNAP cuts, food banks fall short
Last Saturday, the Loaves & Fishes food pantry in New Haven, Conn., ran out of food. Run by the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James, the pantry has been pushed to the brink from recent...
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5 ways the Farm Bill will affect your life
It may be the most overlooked mega-bill of the past 12 months. After taking a 72-22 leap through a Senate test vote Monday, the nearly $1 trillion Farm Bill is poised for final passage Tuesday. While...
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Farm Bill passes - now what?
The Senate passed a farm bill on Tuesday that ends direct subsidies for farmers and trims $90 a month from food stamps for 850,000. The House had already passed the nearly $1 trillion farm bill that...
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The bill that will hurt hungry Americans
Editor's note: John Stoehr is managing editor of the Washington Spectator, an independent political periodical published monthly by The Public Concern Foundation. House Republicans pushed through a...
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