November 21, 200520 yr Earning that pay raise Linked House votes to cut $700 mln in food stamps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to cut $700 million from the food stamp program, despite objections from antihunger groups complaining that estimates show some 235,000 people would lose benefits. The House bill, which also trimmed other social programs for the poor in an effort to reduce federal spending by $50 billion, was narrowly approved 217-215. House and Senate negotiators now must write a final, compromise version of legislation to pare federal spending over five years. The Senate did not touch food stamps in its version of a $35 billion budget-cutting bill. Food stamps, the major U.S. antihunger program, help poor people buy food. Some 25.8 million Americans received food stamps in a program run by the U.S. Agriculture Department. More at link.
November 21, 200520 yr Now I see why you made the comment in the other thread. I hadn't see this - but I think it was in my b****ing about their midnight vote that they took to cut a bunch of s***. If this was a part of that, I did post something about it ripping their ass.
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