Feb 07 Obama to sign farm bill that trims food stamps By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty that he hasn't had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation. Mr. Obama will sign the farm bill into law Friday at… Continue reading
Feb 07 How a fraction of farm bill money supports ‘bright spot’ of U.S. international trade By Elizabeth Shell President Obama plans to sign the 2014 Farm Bill Friday, a move that will solidify food and agriculture policy for the next half decade -- which goes much further than nutrition programs and crop insurance. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Congress nears compromise on farm bill By PBS News Hour After two years of work and battle, Congress seems close to a farm bill deal. Gwen Ifill talks to Bloomberg News' Alan Bjerga about what's in the bipartisan compromise -- including changes to farm subsidies and $8 billion in cuts… Continue watching
Jan 27 Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are working-age By News Desk For the first time, working-age people make up the majority of Americans relying on government food stamps -- a major shift in trends from a few years ago when children and elderly made up the bulk of those receiving the… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 9:43 Poverty rates surge in American suburbs When President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” fifty years ago, images of the American poor focused on the inner-city and rural poor. What is the state of American poverty today? Megan Thompson reports on the less visible but growing… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Food stamp program changes lead to ‘staggering’ increase in need Food stamp program cuts lead to 'staggering' increase in need… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch Food stamp cuts force families to get by with less Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program mean that the more than 47 million food stamp recipients will now receive less money each month to buy groceries. To examine the issue, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Ellen Teller of the Food… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch States taking Medicaid opt-out option leave ‘larger impact than expected’ States taking Medicaid opt-out option leave 'larger impact than expected'… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Deep Cuts in Food Stamp Program Could Impact Millions After a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion dollars, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Wall Street Journal reporter Damian Paletta breaks down some of the… Continue watching