Up all Night: farming subsidies for all if you are a member of congress.

[geefloyd46]

http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2014/01/provision-requiring-lawmakers-to.html

[snappyturtle]

1. Thanks so much....nt

[snappyturtle]

2. Take a gander at this:

http://agriculture.house.gov/sites/republicans.agriculture.house.gov/files/pdf/legislation/AgriculturalActSummary.pdf

REFORMS FOOD STAMPS (Highlights)

Closes the “heat-and-eat” loophole that artificially increases benefit levels when states provide nominal LIHEAP assistance.
•Establishes a 10-state pilot to empower states to engage able-bodied adults in mandatory work programs.
•Prohibits USDA from engaging in SNAP recruitment activities, and advertising SNAP on TV, radio, billboards & through foreign governments.
•Ensures illegal immigrants, lottery winners, traditional college students, and the deceased do not receive benefits.
•Ensures SNAP recipients are not receiving benefits in multiple states.
•Prevents abuses such as water dumping to exchange bottles for cash.
•Demands outcomes from existing employment and training programs.
•Prohibits states from manipulating SNAP benefit levels by eliminating medical marijuana as an allowable medical expense.•Allows states to pursue retailer fraud through a pilot investigation program and crack down on trafficking through data mining, terminal ID, and other measures.
•Increases assistance for food banks.

(Bold type mine)