Tag: food stamp

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 19:14 UTC

  First signals of US congressional clash: Republicans vote to cut food stamp benefits

  

  US lawmakers have narrowly voted to cut food stamp benefits from next year despite a veto threat from the White House and opposition from lobby groups. The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the bill by 217-200. But it has little chance in the Democratic-held Senate.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:20 UTC

  Twenty million US children, one in four, received food stamps in 2011

  

  One in four children in the United States participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, in fiscal year 2011, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture and US Census Bureau.