Wednesday, December 11, 2013

How About Drug Tests for Members of Congress?

Political Fight on Farm Aid and Food Stamps Hits Home in the Delta. (The New York Times, 12/10/2013)

Mean white guys on drugs. But a proposal by Republicans in the House version would cut about $40 billion from food stamps, which would result in the removal of five million people nationwide from the program, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning research organization. The Senate is insisting on a much lower reduction in food stamps. 

The House version also includes new work requirements and drug tests for food stamp recipients.

Photo credit:  U.S. Congress

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Where the cuts in food stamps hit Wisconsin's children hardest.  (10/31/2013) 
Meet Dustin and Tarnisha, two people whom some Republicans call freeloaders.  (9/5/2013)
Jesus has a message for the Republican warriors in the fight against food stamps.  (8/30/2013)
The Republican War on an Increasing Number of Americans (a.k.a The Republican War on Food Stamps).  (8/29/2013)
John Adams has a whopper to share with us.  (11/23/2012)

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