House panel votes $844 mln cut in food stamps
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a party-line vote, a Republican-run U.S. House of Representatives committee voted to cut food stamps by $844 million on Friday, just hours after a new government report showed more Americans are struggling to put food on the table. |
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North Dakota Democrat Earl Pomeroy complained that 40,000 children would lose free meals at school because of that provision. "You have not even come clean that kids are going to lose school breakfast and school lunch under this," he said. |