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June 11, 2013

Senate Farm Bill Cuts Food Stamps, Boosts Aid to Agribusiness 
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The U.S. Senate has passed a version of the farm bill that includes cuts
to the food stamp program and an expansion of crop insurance viewed as a
boon for big agribusiness. The bill passed with an amendment by
Republican Senator David Vitter to ban people convicted of a violent
crime from ever obtaining food stamps. Overall it cuts the program by
about $400 million a year. A version of the bill approved by a House
committee last month would cut food stamps by about five times that
amount.

 

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