Tag: Food Stamps

A state auditor told Congress Wednesday that Ohio's food assistance program is likely suffering from "millions of dollars" in fraud and improper spending, and suggested similar results are happening in other states. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Auditor tells Congress: ‘Millions of dollars’ of food stamp fraud

Cassi Pollock · July 6, 2016 10:16 pm

—œThe benefits we give to poor people are so limited compared to what we give to the top 1 percent,—£ Moore said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dem congresswoman wants the wealthiest to be drug tested

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2016 7:15 pm

The House Appropriations Committee released legislation Tuesday that provides $79.7 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

GOP proposes $1.2 billion cut to food stamp program

Pete Kasperowicz · April 13, 2016 4:04 pm

"The whole psychology about work changes when you're on these programs. All the sudden, the value of the programs becomes greater than a job you could get," Conyers said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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How welfare hurts those it’s supposed to help

Jason Russell · March 29, 2016 4:01 am

The food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, helped 45 million people in 2015 and accounted for $74 billion in spending. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

HHS study defends government’s war on poverty

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2016 9:35 pm

This week, USDA announced that 2 million fewer people are using food stamps compared to two years ago. However, there are still 19 million more people enrolled in SNAP today than the year before the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

New rule stops USDA from recruiting people for food stamps

Pete Kasperowicz · March 11, 2016 11:31 pm

USDA boasts 2 million fewer people on food stamps

Pete Kasperowicz · March 7, 2016 5:42 pm

Obama: Food stamp recipients didn’t cause crisis

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2016 2:40 am

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush unveiled an aggressive plan on Friday to reform welfare policy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Bush proposes moving welfare, food stamps to states

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2016 8:59 pm

According to the Food Research Action Center, SNAP participation averaged 45.5 million people in September 2015, a decrease of almost 1.1 million compared with September 2014. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Up to 1 million may lose food stamp benefits in 2016

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2016 10:08 pm

Outspoken conservative Paul LePage ran on a promise to reform welfare in 2010 and 2014, targeting abuse of and dependency on government programs. (AP photo)

How one state is solving the food stamp problem

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

Sponsors of the bill say that one out of every three families "struggle to provide diapers for their children."Â (AP file photo/Rick Bowmer)

Dems propose federal diaper subsidies

Pete Kasperowicz · November 19, 2015 2:26 pm