September 17, 2013/United States/Congressional Daily Summary

Food stamps
It was reported that the Republican caucus in the House could splinter again over $39 billion of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program cuts, commonly referred to as “food stamps”, similar to what occurred back in June. At that time they were forced to pull a version of the farm bill that included $20 billion in food stamp cuts because they couldn’t garner enough support from conservatives, who wanted deeper reductions. Now the revised proposal, drafted primarily by Majority Leader to win those votes, could be too harsh for some in the party’s center.

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