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House Passes Bill Cutting $40 Billion From Food Stamps

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Horrible....
most of the people utilizing SNAP are children, elderly, disabled, working poor.
These scumbags should end Corporate Welfare!

House Passes Bill Cutting $40 Billion From Food Stamps

House Republicans narrowly pushed through a bill on Thursday that slashes billions of dollars from the food stamp program, over the objections of Democrats and a veto threat from President Obama. The vote set up what promised to be a contentious fight with the Senate and dashed hopes for passage this year of a new five-year farm bill.

The vote was 217 to 210.

The bill would cut $40 billion from the food stamp program over the next 10 years. It would also require adults between 18 and 50 without minor children to find a job or to enroll in a work training program in order to receive benefits.

It would also limit the time those recipients could get benefits to three months. 

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