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Right-wing aide: Food stamp cuts are OK because I ‘saved money’ living on them
Donny Ferguson (no relation to this reporter), an aide to outspoken right-wing congressman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) claims that people who say that the Special Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, isn’t enough to live on are lying and that the program should be cut even…
Cory Booker challenges tea partier to live on food stamps for a week
Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) challenged a tea party-affiliated critic to join him in living on food stamps for a week, and now it appears the challenge has been accepted. The challenge was prompted by a tweet on Sunday from Twitter user @MWadeNC, whose bio…
Gov. Perry vows to drug test unemployed Texans
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Tuesday that he’s throwing his support to proposals that would require applicants for unemployment benefits and food stamps to submit to a urine analysis drug screening. “We have to remember a core mission that has been trusted to us by the people of the…
Georgia woman says store manager insulted her for using food stamps
A Georgia woman says she was publicly humiliated by a Kroger store manager over her bill because she paid for her groceries with a food stamps debit card. According to The Huffington Post, Cindy Nerger got into an argument with the manager over a $10 discrepancy in her bill. Nerger…
House Democrats fail to block cuts to food stamp program
Democrats failed on Wednesday to block Republican attempts to cut billions of dollars in food assistance to poor American families, having earlier denounced the plans as an “abomination” and “immoral”. The Republicans included the $16bn (£10.3bn) cut to the food stamp programme over the next decade as part of a…
Democrats call food stamp cuts ‘immoral’
Republican attempts to cut billions of dollars in food assistance to poor American families have been denounced as an “abomination” and “immoral” by Democrats who have vowed to block the measure in Congress. The cuts, part of a five-year farm bill under debate in the House of Representatives agricultural committee…
Senate Republican’s proposals cut billions from food stamps
In amendments that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agreed last night to add to the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) proposed reforms that Democrats say would end up cutting up to $11 billion from food stamps over the next decade. Despite agreeing on…
Sen. Rand Paul: We’re giving food stamps to millionaires
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday called for an overhaul of the SNAP program — which provides food stamps — by requiring states to determine how they ration benefits instead of the federal government. “Our system of helping ensure that no one goes hungry in our country is a noble…
MN GOP lawmaker compares food stamp recipients to wild animals
One Republican lawmaker in Minnesota expressed a peculiar but existing belief in GOP circles Friday afternoon, claiming that food stamps recipients are virtually similar to feeding wild animals. State Rep. Mary Franson released a Youtube video describing her hopes of reducing the amount of time residents in Minnesota could stay…
American kids of immigrants denied food stamps in Alabama
A civil rights law firm based in Alabama says that children who are U.S. citizens from at least five families have been denied food stamps because their parents are undocumented immigrants. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Legal Director Mary Bauer confirmed to Raw Story that Alabama’s Department of Human Services…
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