More rely on food stamps despite economic gains
WASHINGTON— Despite an improving economy, one in five Florida residents relies on food stamps. And while the number of recipients in South and Central Florida has leveled off in recent months, totals...
View ArticleFla. bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack...
View ArticleAg Dept unveils new steps to stop food stamp fraud
The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit...
View ArticleNew steps to stop food stamp fraud announced
WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for...
View ArticleDon't slash food stamps; let families rebound from recession
We're all for taming the deficit, but House Republicans' eagerness to snatch the savings from the plates of working poor families is wrong. It's true that spending on the food stamp program has risen...
View ArticleTough sell on food stamp cuts
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is fighting an uphill battle to restore a $4.5 billion reduction in food stamps, arguing that low-income families should not bear the burden of cutting the...
View ArticleEnd food stamps, with a caveat
Congress is in an uproar over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. In the past half-decade, mostly because of the recession, enrollment grew to —...
View ArticlePossible Food Stamp cutback could affect needy Nevadans
By Karoun Demirjian LAS VEGAS SUN WASHINGTON -- Thirteen percent of Nevadans beware: In the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, your monthly food stamp allowance is set to shrink. And depending on what...
View ArticleFood Stamps: House Republicans Push For Deeper Cuts To SNAP
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) presided over the committee's passing a farm bill that goes to the House floor next week. WASHINGTON -- Estimates show that as many as three...
View ArticleSenate defeats cuts in food stamp program
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday began plowing through 73 amendments to a five-year, $500 billion bill that will set farm policy and fund the food stamp program over the next five years. One of its...
View ArticleGOP wants to cut food stamps in deficit-trim drive
WASHINGTON — Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Bid to Let States Run Food Stamps
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...
View ArticleGOP seeks to reduce cash for food stamps
The 1,000-page “farm bill” being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it — roughly $80 billion a year — goes for grocery bills for one of every seven...
View ArticleFood Stamp Eligibility in Florida
As of last month, 43.6 million Americans, or more than 14% of the population, collected food stamps to purchase groceries as tough economic times continued. The number of recipients was up 0.9% from...
View ArticleGOP: Loophole in farm bill costly
WASHINGTON â The 1,000-page âfarm billâ being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it â about $80 billion a year â goes for grocery bills for one of...
View ArticleU.S. Senate defeats proposal to trim food-stamp program
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday began plowing through 73 amendments to a $500 billion bill that will set farm policy and fund the food stamp program over the next five years. One of its first votes...
View ArticleAmericans' growing dependency on food stamps
One in seven U.S. citizens receives aid to buy food. Are we feeding the hungry, breeding dependency, or both? What are food stamps? They're a form of aid provided by the federal government to...
View ArticleNumber of Georgians on food stamps balloons
Nearly one in five Georgians now gets federal assistance to put dinner on the table. More Atlanta area news » FAMU urged band suspension Beltline funding questioned Driver crashes into DeKalb pool...
View ArticleFood stamp cuts foolish
The trend has been going the wrong way for years. Never have so many Floridians relied on food stamps — 3.4 million, roughly one-in-five Sunshine State residents — and still climbing. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleIt’s Not Really A Farm Bill (Republican Party)
"Spending on food stamps has always increased steadily, but over the last decade it has exploded… Under President Obama, this trend has accelerated. Between January 2009 and June 2012, America lost a...
View Article>Republicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it — roughly $80 billion a year — goes for grocery bills for one of...
View ArticleRepublicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill
WASHINGTON — The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it — roughly $80 billion a year — goes for grocery bills for one of every...
View ArticleCuts in rapidly rising food stamp benefits? Congressional Republicans want...
WASHINGTON - The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it — roughly $80 billion a year — goes for grocery bills for one of every...
View ArticleDeutch hungry but determined in food-stamp challenge
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Ted Deutch was hungry, but his weekly ration of groceries was almost gone. Just a little peanut butter and part of a loaf of bread remained four days into his self-imposed...
View ArticleEver more Floridians rely on food stamps
"This would be a terrible time to pull the rug out from families that still need a little help as the economy continues to improve," said U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton. "We should root out fraud...
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