Food Stamps

Background

Background on Food Stamps

Latest News

HNR: Senate Passes Farm Bill – Still a Ways to Go (12/21/07)
HNR: Food Stamps and Emergency Food Gains Move Forward in Senate Farm Bill (10/29/07)
HNR: Farm Bill Movement in the Senate (9/17/07)
HNR: House Enacts Long-Overdue Food Stamp Improvements (8/3/07)
HNR: Farm Bill: House Committee Sends Bill With Nutrition Improvements to House Floor (7/23/07)

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Policy Analyses and Research

CBPP: The Food Stamp Program's Critical Role in Helping Children (4/26/07)
FRAC: Hurricane Relief Pushed Food Stamp Participation Up Dramatically (12/12/05)
Bread for the World: Frontline Issues in Nutrition Assistance 2006 (11/21/05)
CBPP: House Budget Bill Undermines Goals of Promoting Work and Responsibility (11/8/05)
CBPP: House Agriculture Committee Targets Food Stamps for Cuts (10/28/05)
Boston Medical Center: The REAL Cost of a Healthy Diet (8/18/05)

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Government Resources

Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
Bipartisan Letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Asking Not to Cut Food Stamps (9/7/05)
Letter from 68 House Members to Chairman Goodlatte in Support of Food Stamp Program (7/28/05)
GAO: States Have Made Progress Reducing Payment Errors; Further Challenges Remain (May 2005)
GAO: Food Stamp Program: Opportunities to Streamline Food Stamps Reporting Rules (9/16/04)

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