Senate Republicans to target food stamps for big cuts

The budget package expected next week from Senate Republicans would convert the food-stamp program into something “similar to a block grant,” says the Wall Street Journal, based on interviews with lawmakers and aides. “That approach would call for the federal government to pay states a lump sum, instead of a percentage of the program’s costs. States… » Read More

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