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Letter: Don't cut food stamps program
Votes involving cuts to the SNAP program (food stamps) are coming up in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Why does this have to be? To cut out food for the poor, especially children, is just hurting ourselves and stewards of each other. By cutting... -
Crop insurance expands, costs grow in latest U.S. farm bills
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The federally subsidized crop insurance program, the costliest part of the U.S. farm safety net, would spin off at least three new types of coverage and could cost 10 percent more under draft farm bills pending in the U.S....Tags: Insurance, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Environmental Issues
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Nation is watching Florida's new foster-care reforms
For thousands of foster kids across Florida, life is about to become a little more "normal." Under newly passed laws being watched by much of the nation, children growing up in the state's care will soon be allowed to play sports, sleep over at a...
Tags: Education, Rick Scott
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RPT-Senate draft of new U.S. farm law boosts Southern crop supports
Reuters(Repeats Thursday story with no change to text) * Senate and House panels expected to vote on farm bill next week * Southerners objected to "shallow-loss" revenue program for months * Farm bill would cover crops from 2014-18 By Charles Abbott...Tags: Peanuts, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Debbie Stabenow, Politics, Congressional Budget Office
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Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for US farm bill
Reuters* House, Senate panels plan to draft farm bill next week * Split on food stamps widens from last year * Food stamps make up largest part of farm bill spending By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Lawmakers are preparing for a second run...Tags: Elections, James P. McGovern, Pat Roberts, Environmental Issues, Debbie Stabenow
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Senate draft of new U.S. farm law boosts Southern crop supports
Reuters* Senate and House panels expected to vote on farm bill next week * Southerners objected to "shallow-loss" revenue program for months * Farm bill would cover crops from 2014-18 By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - In a concession to...Tags: Peanuts, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Politics, Congressional Budget Office, Debbie Stabenow
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A faith of selfishness and greed
Re: “Has the economy damaged the work ethic?” In Theory, April 28: Once again I'm amazed that the Rev. Bryan Griem can call himself a Christian. I thought Christianity was about love, empathy, compassion and care for those who are suffering,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Christianity
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Farming: SNAP will bite back
Two of the greatest ironies of living in the richest, strongest nation in the history of the world are how many poor people remain in 21st century America and how vulnerable — as the Boston bombings showed again — we are to evildoers....Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Congressional Budget Office, Politics, Eric Cantor, U.S. Congress
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Corbett's asset test finds little abuse in $2.6 billion food stamp program
It's the question Kathryn Hoffman hates to ask, especially of the elderly people who come into her office looking for help. Do you have a burial plot? How much is it worth? But that question is one of many Hoffman must ask as a food stamp outreach...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Career and Workplace, Medical Procedures and Tests, Homelessness, Politics
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Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Immigration, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida)
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LETTER: Good Reason For Birth Control
Regarding "Census Report: Single Motherhood Surges" [May 3, news]: Yes, please give free birth control pills to any and all women who can't afford them. It's a lot less expensive than paying for child support and food stamps, and trying to have the school...Tags: Health Treatments, Family Planning, Birth Control
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Hunters Helping the Hungry raises funds through sporting clays event
Mark Charbonneau sported a big smile. His organization, Hunters Helping the Hungry, based in Clinton, N.J., donated 27,075 pounds of venison during the 2012 hunting season that was processed and distributed to needy families in New Jersey. "More than...Tags: Palmer Township, Cabela's Inc., Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Foods and Beverages, Hunting
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