Cuts in food stamps worry Oregon’s poor

By Washington Examiner
Published November 3, 2013 4:00am ET
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Cuts in food stamps worry Oregon’s poor
In this undated photo, Erika Orchard, a volunteer at Portland's Northeast Emergency Food Program, helps guide people through the pantry in Portland, Ore. Orchards has helped at the pantry for six years. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Ryan Kost) | Ryan Kost

PORTLAND, Ore. — Carly Poe knows $20 might not seem like a lot of money to some folks. A twenty would go pretty fast at a trip to the movies, after all. But for Poe, 33, and her 14-year-old son, $20 is three or four days’ worth of meals.

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