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Food stamp fight stalls critical farm bill

By Susan Ferrechio
Published October 9, 2018 4:00am ET
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Food stamp fight stalls critical farm bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on July 10, 2018. | (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The House and Senate are fighting over food stamps.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program makes up most of the 2018 Farm Bill, and major differences in the way the House and Senate attempt to reform the program has stalled passage and put critical agricultural programs in danger of lapsing.

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