SNAP

Background

Background on Food Stamps

Latest News

CLASP: How Quickly We Forget (6/29/11)
HNR: House Agriculture Appropriations: Some WIC Funding Restored, but Other Cuts to Nutrition and Housing Programs Stay (6/17/11)
CBPP: Chairman Ryan's Baseless Attack on SNAP/Food Stamps (June 2011)

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Policy Analyses and Research

FRAC: Federal Nutrition Programs: Vital for the (Economic) Health of Rural America (August 2011)
CBPP: House-Passed Proposal to Block-Grant and Cut SNAP (Food Stamps) Rests on False Claims About Program Growth (6/7/11)
CBPP: Chairman Ryan Gets Nearly Two-Thirds of His Huge Budget Cuts From Programs for Lower-Income Americans (4/20/11)

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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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