House OKs $39 Billion in Food-Stamp Cuts

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Updated Apr. 20, 2017 4:53PM EDT / Published Sep. 19, 2013 6:30PM EDT

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More uplifting news from Washington. On Thursday evening, the House passed a Republican-backed plan to cut $39 billion in food-stamp funding over the coming decade. The vote was 217 to 210, without a single Democratic vote, and doubles the amount of cuts in a similar bill that was rejected in June. The food-stamp program is used by 48 million low-income Americans, and this bill's enactment would force 3 million out of the program, with cuts for 850,000 extra. But it's a long way from that—the White House has already threatened to veto the plan.

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House OKs $39 Billion in Food-Stamp Cuts

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