Texas Republicans Voted to Slash Food Stamps while Receiving Millions in Farm Subsidies
Last week, Congress allowed a temporary expansion to the budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to expire, letting $5 billion dollars of cuts to the food stamp program go into effect. This came just weeks after House Republicans passed a farm bill that slashed the SNAP budget by $40 billion, letting 3.8 million Americans go hungry in 2014.
The entire Texas Republican delegation voted in favor of the House farm bill in September. They've been vocal supporters of the of the drastic cuts--Rep. Louie Gohmert even tried to eliminate SNAP entirely earlier this year. But what some of these Republican representatives have conveniently chosen to leave out is that while they voted to deny food aid to millions of Americans, their districts were receiving millions of dollars in farm subsidies.
Eight Texas Republican Congressmen who received more than $10 million in farm subsidies in 2012 who also voted to slash food stamps. They are listed in the table below.
More at Congressman-----District-----Farm Subsidies Received in 2012
Ralph Hall-----4th-----$16,427,340
Michael McCaul-----10th-----$15,731,975
Michael Conaway-----11th-----$69,445,342
Mac Thornberry-----13th-----$139,385,962
Randy Weber-----14th-----$11,172,555
Bill Flores-----17th-----$16,652,563
Randy Neugebauer-----19th-----$198,608,330
Blake Farenthold-----27th-----$55,625,652
More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14335/texas-republicans-voted-to-slash-food-stamps-while-receiving-millions-in-farm-subsidies .
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