Tag: Food Stamps

Will the courts end Obamacare by disallowing subsidies on federal exchanges?

Obamacare subsidies at stake in two new federal court cases

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Gainesville (Ga.) Times: Area seniors may go hungry because of federal budget cuts

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this June 21, 2013 file photo shows Kirsten Oschwald, left, with a group of her students volunteering by putting labels on canned food at the Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, N.M. The food bank distributes about 90,000 pounds of food to organizations that help low-income families. (AP File)

USA Today: Food stamp cuts create high demand for food bank supplies

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

WCNC Charlotte: Food stamps cut from $500 to $16 for mother of 4

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

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)

Cuts in food stamps worry Oregon’s poor

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2013 4:00 am

Families already buffeted by difficult economic times will see their food stamps benefits drop Nov. 1 as money allocated by the 2009 federal stimulus plan runs out. The average family of four will see benefits drop by $36 a month. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Food stamp cuts to kick in for South Carolina, US

Associated Press · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Families already buffeted by difficult economic times will see their food stamps benefits drop Nov. 1 as money allocated by the 2009 federal stimulus plan runs out. The average family of four will see benefits drop by $36 a month. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Food stamp cuts kick in as Congress debates more

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Congressional negotiators finally meet to hammer out farm bill

Congressional negotiators finally meet to hammer out farm bill

Sean Lengell · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Congress begins talks on food stamps, farm aid

Congress begins talks on food stamps, farm aid

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 30, 2013 9:25 pm

This May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress eyes milk prices, politics in farm talks

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Minn. Star-Trib: Farm bill talks portend next big congressional showdown

Washington Examiner · October 27, 2013 4:00 am

The number of food stamp recipients has increased by almost one-half since Obama took office. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Why work when you can live comfortably on the government dole?

Editorial Writer · October 27, 2013 4:00 am