koshergrl
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- Aug 4, 2011
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Also, how's the foodstamp thing going? I've talked to several women today who are trying to figure out why their foodstamps have dropped drastically this month.
What should I tell them?
Tell them this: House passes GOP plan to slash food stamp funding
The Republican-backed plan, which would cut about $39 billion in funding for food-stamp programs over the next decade, differs sharply from a bipartisan Senate proposal passed in June, and its passage is likely to further strain relations between the two chambers as they prepare to spend the next several weeks battling over a short-term budget deal and raising the federal debt limit.
Oh, fraid not.
The reason they are being slashed this month has nothing to do with that.
"There's a big automatic cut scheduled for Nov. 1, as a temporary boost from the 2009 stimulus bill expires. That change will trim about $5 billion from federal food-stamp spending over the coming year."
"...even if the cuts in the House bill fail, many states could act on their own to shrink the number of food-stamp recipients."
Food stamps will get cut by $5 billion this week ? and more cuts could follow
brought to you by the stimulus crooks.
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