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Food Stamps

Anti-poverty programs

Charities will bear the brunt of cuts to food programs

Bob Aiken, President and CEO, Feeding America
OPINION - Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that includes severe cuts to anti-hunger programs. The bill includes $21 billion in cuts to the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program...
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House panel goes after food stamps

Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive...
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Senator Frank Lautenberg (2nd R)) and Mayor of Newark Cory A. Booker pose for photos prior to the news conference between Prudential Financial and Devils Arena Entertainment naming the Prudential Center as the new home of the New Jersey Devils on January 8, 2007 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Andy Marlin/Getty Images for the NHL)

Booker wants Lautenberg 'blessing' on 2014 run

Zerlina Maxwell
theGRIO REPORT - Booker, who is now in his second term as mayor, is focused on finishing up his tenure and putting Newark on more sure fiscal footing...
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Mayor Cory Booker (City of Newark, New Jersey) speaks at the Tech:Crunch Disrupt SF 2012 Conference on September 10, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)

Why Cory Booker has hunger pains

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker is on day three of his food stamp challenge, which, so far, has resulted in hunger pains and a caffeine withdrawal.
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Newark mayor Cory Booker set for food stamp challenge

Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - He and one of his Twitter followers each plan to live for a week on the monetary equivalent of food stamps or less...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, greets 13-year-old Blonbzell Taylor outside of Clinton Hill Community Resource Center, where residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy received clothing donations in Newark, N.J. On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, honoring a challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier in the month. He said he will be limited to $1.40 for each meal. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Cory Booker to live on food stamps

Katie Zezima, Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month and try living on the monetary equivalent of food stamps for at least a week...
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Phoenix mayor 'tired' after living off food stamps for 4 days

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Greg Stanton, the mayor of Phoenix, has been living on food stamps for a week to coincide with Hunger Awareness Month...
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Republicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill

Jim Abrams, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans say Congress could cut the cost $2 billion a year by just closing a pair of loopholes that some states use to award benefits to people who otherwise might not qualify....
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Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation.'

Sharpton vs. Newt on food stamps

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VIDEO - Al Sharpton and former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, clashed in a heated exchange on Sharpton’s show Politics Nation last night. ...
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Ebony Martin accused of food stamp scam

Ex-state worker gets jail time and probation for food stamp scam

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - A former caseworker for the Illinois Department of Human Services was sentenced to probation and jail time for her food stamp scam...
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