US Senate Cuts $4.5B From Food Stamps Program, Potentially Leaving Millions Hungry

(MintPress) – A decision by the United States Senate to cut $4.5 billion worth of funding to food stamp aid will result in millions of Americans, including those who are elderly, disabled, veterans, active duty service members and those living in low-income households, without money to purchase food to feed their families. While the proposal […]

Muna Hassan
By Muna Hassan
In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., listens to a question from the media during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

(MintPress) – A decision by the United States Senate to cut $4.5 billion worth of funding to food stamp aid will result in millions of Americans, including those who are elderly, disabled, veterans, active duty service members and those living in low-income households, without money to purchase food to feed their families. While the proposal to

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Farmers Face Squeeze In Proposed Subsidy Cuts

A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests. The Senate is expected to begin debate this week on a five-year farm and food aid bill that […]

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A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests. The Senate is expected to begin debate this week on a five-year farm and food aid bill that would save $9.3 billion by ending direct payments

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Gov’t Taking New Steps To Combat Food Stamp Fraud

Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards. The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states more power to investigate people […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this file photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Economic Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards. The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states more power to investigate people who

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Meals On Wheels Exposes Shortfall Of Care For America’s Hungry

(MintPress)— One out of seven senior citizens in America, or more than 8 million people, faced the threat of hunger in 2010. And, one in five, or 16 million American children are at risk of hunger today. Some experts say that the federal government isn’t doing enough to alleviate the problem, while others warn that […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
FILE-In this Sept. 24, 2002 , file photo, Kayla Reynolds, 6, left, and Kirsten Desorda, 7, enjoy eating lunch at the Thatcher Brook Elementary School in Waterbury, Vt. The percentage of Vermont students receiving free or reduced priced lunches is increasing. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

(MintPress)— One out of seven senior citizens in America, or more than 8 million people, faced the threat of hunger in 2010. And, one in five, or 16 million American children are at risk of hunger today. Some experts say that the federal government isn’t doing enough to alleviate the problem, while others warn that cutting funding for

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Discovery Of Mad Cow In Calif. Was Stroke Of Luck

HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A non-descript building in the heart of California’s dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow. The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 — and the fact […]

Associated Press
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A South Korean employee sets out packs of domestic beef on the shelves at a store on the shelves at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Two major South Korean retailers suspended sales of U.S. beef Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there's no reason to restrict imports. The letters on a card at left top read " Starting from the 25th, we will temporarily stop the sales of the US beef. Thank you for your understanding". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow. The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 — and the fact that the discovery was made at all was a

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Government Confirms Mad Cow Disease In California

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation’s food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday. John Clifford, the department’s chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California did not enter the human food chain and that U.S. […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday. John Clifford, the department's chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California did not enter the human food

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