GOP Bumbling Could Inadvertently Save Food Stamps

Epic GOP Bumbling Could Inadvertently Save This
UNITED STATES - JUNE 27: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during his weekly on camera news conference in the Capitol on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 27: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during his weekly on camera news conference in the Capitol on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

There are lawmakers in the Republican Party who really hate the idea of the government helping poor people stay alive via eating. This disdain is severe enough that 62 Republican members of Congress voted down last month’s Farm Bill — with several specifically citing the proposed $20 billion cut to food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) as deplorably insufficient. (Deplorably insufficient as an amount to be cut, that is — not deplorably insufficient for feeding the needy.)

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