Bye Bye Food Stamps
The House voted to approve their version of the 2012 Farm Bill Thursday with even deeper cuts to the food stamp program.
The Senate's bill proposed cutting $4.5 billion coming from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps.
The House's version cuts nearly four times that much from SNAP -- $16.5 billion.
Money Sent To The Farm
Other differences between the Senate and House versions include how funds from the elimination of direct payments to farmers will be worked into several new subsidy programs.
The House has proposed price support programs to aid peanut, cotton and rice producers -- something southern farmers say the Senate's version didn't provide enough of.
The next hurdle is to reconcile both bills before September 30 when the 2008 farm bill expires.
Read More:
- House Agriculture Committee Agrees On Farm Bill (New York Times)
- House panel opposes Senate crop insurance reforms (Reuters)
