The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however — reflecting a deep
Deep Divide In Congress Over Domestic Food Aid
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., center, flanked by the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., left, and Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, prior to the start of the committee’s hearing to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill, including small cuts to the […]