Steve King
House GOP eyes block grant, cost-share for food stamps
House Republicans want more cuts in food stamps, the largest U.S. anti-hunger program. Agriculture subcommittee chairman Steve King of Iowa rattled off a list of possible changes to the program - converting it to a block grant, requiring a state cost-share, ending so-called categorical eligibility, toughening work requirements, and closing the "LIHEAP loophole" - at a hearing on Thursday.
Conaway campaigns to succeed Lucas as Ag chairman
Mike Conaway of Texas, chairman of the House Ethics Committee, said he began the footwork last year to succeed Frank Lucas as chairman of the Agriculture Committee in 2015.