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Two-thirds of eligible Texans received food stamps

The House proposal would cut about $2.5 billion a year from the food stamp program - smaller cuts that proposed by the Senate.

House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program

A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor.

House panel set to OK cut in food stamps

The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.

Texas grocer gets prison for food stamp fraud

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NJ mayor to live on food stamps starting Tuesday

Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., says he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday.

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As farm bill debate looms, Tarheel lawmakers gird for fight over tobacco

One major area of debate is expected to be cuts to food stamps.

Roberts' plan to cut food stamp program defeated in Senate

Roberts' plan to cut food stamp program defeated in Senate

Comparing Senate and House farm bills

FOOD STAMPS: Food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,...