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May 18, 2018

House Farm Bill Would End Food Assistance to Over 2 Million People
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House lawmakers are set to vote today on a massive Farm Bill that
contains major cuts to SNAP-the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, formerly known as food stamps. According to the Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities, the bill would cut food assistance to more
than 2 million people, while largely offsetting the savings by expanding
state and federal bureaucracies. Today's vote comes as a new United Way
study finds 40% of U.S. households can't afford the basics of a
middle-class lifestyle-rent, transportation, child care and a cellphone.
The study finds that more than 50 million U.S. households are now living
in poverty or unable to meet the costs of ordinary expenses.


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