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The Trump administration Wednesday tightened the work requirements for food stamp benefits. Anti-hunger activists in Massachusetts decried the change. The…
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As President Donald Trump ponders a 30-percent cut to the nutrition program's budget, a new study finds the maximum SNAP benefit does not cover the cost…
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A proposal to curtail the nation's food stamp program has activists and politicians up in arms. Advocates for the poor worry President Donald Trump's $4.1…
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The Vermont House has rejected raising income tax rates on top earners so the state can make up for cuts in federal support for food stamps.The House…
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Food shortages have become an increasing problem across the country.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan…
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The Farm Bill is the nation’s agricultural, nutrition and food policy vehicle. It provides funding for SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
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The five-year Farm Bill was defeated Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 234-195. Two Congressmen from the Hudson Valley share a…
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The Farm Bill, which contains the nation’s food stamp program, is slated to be voted upon this week in the House of Representatives. Two Congressmen from…
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Activists held a series of demonstrations across the country today to call on influential Democratic members of Congress to prevent cuts to the food stamp…
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Some two dozen low-income Hudson Valley residents showed up outside the office of their Congressman Thursday to express disappointment and anger over his…