Tag: Food Stamps

A South Dakota Senate committee killed a bill on Wednesday that would have established drug testing of welfare recipients. The bill would have required the Department of Social Services to develop a drug screening and testing program for people getting financial assistance benefits. People who receive funding from South Dakota's welfare program, called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, would have been subject to the testing. (Photo: Thinkstock)

South Dakota panel kills bill to drug test people on welfare

Washington Examiner · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

A farmer takes advantage of dry weather to till a field in preparation for spring planting near England, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Farm bill doesn’t just benefit farmers

MARY CLARE JALONICK · February 5, 2014 8:22 am

K Street in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How the party leadership and K Street won the farm bill fight

Timothy P. Carney · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second from left, celebrates with fellow committee members on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after Congress gave its final approval to a sweeping five-yearÃÂ farmÃÂ bill. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress passes long-awaited five-year farm bill

Sean Lengell · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about his ConnetED goal of connecting 99% of students to next generation broadband and wireless technology within five years, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama to sign farm bill Friday in Michigan

Meghashyam Mali · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky.Â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Grassroots GOP looking for Hill leaders with backbone

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Mass. delegation faults proposed food stamps cut

Mass. delegation faults proposed food stamps cut

Washington Examiner · January 29, 2014 8:40 pm

The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

MARY CLARE JALONICK · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a farmer, blasts the farm bill

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a farmer, blasts the farm bill

Charlie Spiering · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

The bill would continue to heavily subsidize major crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton but would shift many of those subsidies toward crop insurance programs. (Thinkstock)

Congress agrees on five-year farm bill

Sean Lengell · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Maggie Barcellano plays with her three-year-old daughter, Zoe, at Lakeway City Park in Lakeway, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Barcellano enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health aide and raises her daughter. Working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago when children and the elderly were the main recipients. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)

The new face of food stamps: Working-age Americans

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Researchers at the University of Virginia say more than 1 in 10 Virginians receives food stamps.

University of Virginia research: More than 1 in 10 get food stamps

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am