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Who Will Feed the Children?

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Wic, American Children Living in Poverty, Tanf, Poor Children, American Poverty, Snap, Obama Budget, 2013 Budget, Politics News

Since Ted Kennedy's passing, not one member of Congress out of 525 has stepped up to champion poor children -- not one bleeding heart liberal, not one self-proclaimed Christian has come forward to be the voice for homeless and hungry children.

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Saving WIC and Protecting Struggling Families

Debbie Halvorson | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Illinois Congressional Race, Super Committee, Debbie Halvorson, Food Stamps, Food Politics, Wic, Food, Il-02, Chicago News

The Super Committee's failure to come up with a plan to cut the deficit will be devastating for low-income pregnant women, infants and children.

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Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Wic, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infancts and Children, Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Politics News

A serious attempt to grapple with deficit reduction begins with sound investments in the health and well-being of our nation's families and communities, not with slashing vital food and nutrition programs.

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Why the Government Should Help Low-Income Women Pay for Child Care

Christine Bork | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Taxes, Welfare, Single Mothers, State Assistance, Child Care, Wic, Single Parents, Federal Aid, Child Nutrition, Chicago News

It's no secret that common sense is in short supply in contemporary policy-making. A case in point is the situation that most lower-income women with children find themselves in.

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Republicans Vote To Cut Food Aid To Women, Children

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House voted to slash domestic and international food aid Thursday while rejecting cuts to farm subsidies. A spending...

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Vote To Cut Food Aid Splits GOP

Politico | David Rogers | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Paul Broun, Women Infants Children, Food Aid Cuts, Wic, Food Aid Vote, Wic Food Aid, Food Aid, House GOP, Food for Peace Cuts, Jack Kingston, Virginia Foxx, Food for Peace, Women Infants Children Food Aid, Politics News

Already on the defensive, scores of House Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to beat back repeated conservative attempts to make still dee...

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Virginia Foxx Proposes To Cut Breast-Feeding Support Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Infants, Women Infants Children, Wic, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Breastfeeding, Virginia Foxx, WIC Cuts, Politics News

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) introduced an amendment to a House spending bill yesterday that would zero out funding for a peer counseling and support p...

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GOP Poised To Cut Food Aid For Pregnant Women, Children

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: GOP Budget, Gop Budget Cuts, Wic, Food Stamps, Housing Subsidies, Public Housing, Budget Cuts, Budget, Food Aid, Wic Program, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In an otherwise lean budget year, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to boost funding to take care of the medical needs of t...

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Oklahoma GOP Aims At Planned Parenthood, Hits Low-Income Food Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In order to stop Planned Parenthood from being able to distribute them, lawmakers in Oklahoma are mulling legislation that would make nu...

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Weekly Pulse: Paul Ryan's Medicare Swindle

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.13.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Robert Parry in In These Times examines how Paul Ryan's budget test would turn healthcare for the elde...

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Fasting for Hunger

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Hunger, Wic, Budget Cuts, Feeding America, Tefap, Snap, Fast, Vulnerable, Hungry, Impact News

Those who fasted, or are still fasting, are asking Congress not to balance the budget at the expense of our country's most vulnerable -- the impoverished, our children and our seniors.

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Out of the Mouths of Babes

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Infants Children, Food Stamps, Snap, Cuts, Nutrition, Budget, Agriculture, Wic, Agribusiness, Childhood Nutrition, Farm Subsidies, Usda, Farm Bill, Tea Party, Congress, Programs, Green News

Legislation passed by House Republicans (no Democrats voted for it) slashed $747 million -- about 10 percent -- from the 2011 budget for the Special Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants and Children.

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Protecting the Programs That Protect the Hungry

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I listened, I thought about how millions of families across the nation make the same difficult choice every day to stretch their own budgets.

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WATCH: Video Shows Rise Of Food Stamp Use

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new time-lapse video illustrates the depressing rise of food stamp usage throughout the U.S. The video's creator, Zero Hedge's John Lohman, point...

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Study: Moms In Poverty More Likely To Suffer Depression

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infants, Poverty, Wic, Urban Institute, Motherhood, Tanf, Recession, Mothers, Politics News

More than half of all nine-month-old babies growing up in poverty are being raised by mothers suffering some form of depression, according to a new st...

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More Americans Are Going Hungry : Report

The Washington Post | Amy Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been ...

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