Farm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps By $800 Million Per Year

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Farm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps By $800 Million Per Year

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural lawmakers in an election year.

The measure announced by the House and Senate Agriculture committees preserves food stamp benefits for most Americans who receive them and continues generous subsidies for farmers. The House could vote on the bill as soon as Wednesday.

The compromise was expected to cut food stamps by about $800 million a year, or around 1 percent. The House in September passed legislation cutting 5 percent from the $80 billion-a-year program.

The Democratic-controlled Senate had passed a bill with $400 million in annual food stamp cuts.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/farm-bill-deal-would-cut-food-stamps-by-800-million-per-year

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1. this is outragous

Apparently farm subsidies were cut by not one red cent but food stamps got a 2% cut, which is on top of a recent cut food stamps just took. Obama should veto this and make them start over.

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2. Does

"this is outragous

Apparently farm subsidies were cut by not one red cent but food stamps got a 2% cut, which is on top of a recent cut food stamps just took. Obama should veto this and make them start over."

...anyone else care? I posted this (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024371100) a couple of days ago, and it sank like a rock.

Food Banks Anticipate Impact of Cuts to Food Stamps

By RON NIXONJAN

WASHINGTON — Late last year, staff members at the Capital Area Food Bank here began fielding requests for larger deliveries from the dozens of soup kitchens and food pantries that it supplies as more and more people showed up seeking help.

The food bank said it was not unusual to see a surge before Thanksgiving or Christmas. But this time the lines were caused not by the holidays but by a $5 billion cut to the federal food stamp program that took effect in November when a provision in the 2009 stimulus bill expired.

Now the food bank, which provided about 45 million pounds of food last year, says it is preparing for even greater demand as Congress prepares to cut billions of dollars more from the food stamp program, which is included in a farm bill that has yet to pass. About 47 million Americans receive food stamps.

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It is unclear when the new cuts will kick in, even if Congress manages to pass a new farm bill, an effort that has taken almost two years. The House and the Senate appear to have worked out most of their differences on the bill. That compromise is expected to cut about $9 billion from food stamps over 10 years. House Republicans had wanted to trim financing by $40 billion over the same period, and a bipartisan Senate bill sought a $4 billion cut.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/us/politics/food-banks-anticipate-impact-of-cuts-to-food-stamps.html

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3. My sister is currently on food stamps

she is a 99er. Our country has officially gone to Hell in a handbasket. It is just appalling that we literally don't give a damn about those who have been unemployed for literally years.

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4. and how much does it cut welfare for "farmers" nt