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Cory Booker toughest food stamp challenge moment

Source: MSNBC, Dec 8 2012, 10:51am CST

By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor Even heroes get hungry. Cory Booker drew national headlines when he pulled a neighbor out of a fire and came to the aid of a pedestrian struck by a car, but the charismatic Newark mayor had to dig into his heroic stren ...

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Revoking Food Stamps for Millions of Americans Endangers Our Classrooms, Our Future | Commentary

Source: Roll Call  |   May 22 2013, 5:21am CDT

The mere mention of food stamps on Capitol Hill conjures up long held political stereotypes of Republicans reaching for the budget ax while Democrats reach out their hands, both a gross mischaracterization and oversimplification of a complex prob ...

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2 hours ago

GMA Statement on IWG Proposed Marketing Guidelines | GMA

Source: Maoxian  |   May 22 2013, 2:55am CDT

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, GMA president and CEO, on the Interagency Working Group’s proposed marketing restrictions: “America’s food and beverage companies sha ...

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23 weeks ago


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"Let's you and I try to live on food stamps in New Jersey (high cost of living) and feed a family for a week or month. U game?"


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6 hours ago

Egypt: Food Security and Nutritional Status Worsening Amidst Economic Challenges

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 21 2013, 11:37pm CDT

Cairo — Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years according to joint reports released today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the government's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics ...

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Bolton: Why put weight of obesity in South Carolina just on food stamp recipients?

Source: The State  |   May 21 2013, 11:06pm CDT

Columbia, SC — NOT EVERYONE who receives food stamps in South Carolina is overweight. As a matter of fact, most overweight people in our state aren’t in the food stamp program. You couldn’t tell that by the way people ...

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Shavar Jeffries launches 2014 campaign for mayor as a son of Newark

Source: Politicker: New Jersey  |   May 21 2013, 9:35pm CDT

NEWARK - The Boys and Girls clubs hosted the professionally staged announcement for Shavar Jeffries’ Mayoral candidacy announcement. Over 400 supporters packed the gym, some of whom had already committed to the candidate, whil ...

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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 21 2013, 5:19pm CDT

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut - or roughly a half of 1 percent - to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are u ...

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14 hours ago

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: House panel approves needed food stamp reforms

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 21 2013, 3:15pm CDT

With the House Agriculture Committee voting to trim the $80 billion food stamp program by $3 billion a year, or 2.5 percent, the New York Times is predictably outraged. "If anything, Washington should be ...

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17 hours ago

Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s Money’

Source: Think Progress  |   May 21 2013, 12:29pm CDT

Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week’s House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing “other people’s money.” Funding for the S ...

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There Was a Time When Ending Hunger Was a National Goal for Republicans and Democrats

Source: The New York Times  |   May 20 2013, 8:17pm CDT

“That hunger and malnutrition should persist in a land such as ours is embarrassing and intolerable.” So declared Richard Nixon in May 1969 in his now widely forgotten “Special Message to the Congress Recommending a Program to ...

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