House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

KGW News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee has approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

The panel approved the bill 46-10 late Wednesday after rebuffing Democratic efforts to keep the food stamp program whole.  

The legislation would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — from the domestic food aid program, which is used by 1 in 7 Americans.

The cuts are part of massive legislation that costs almost $100 billion annually over five years and would set policy for farm subsidies, rural programs and the food aid. The Senate Agriculture Committee approved its version of the bill Tuesday.

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2 thoughts on “House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

  1. This is just another step to starve the masses to death. They need to reduce the world’s population down to around half a billion don’t ya know!

  2. “a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program”.

    If they don’t do this they might be forced to trim the $80 billion-a-month “feed the bankers program”, so you’ll just have to get by eating insects for now. Don’t worry; it’s all been approved by the U.N.

    They didn’t even say “let them eat cake”. They said “let them eat bugs.”

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