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U.S. House panel debates nutrition benefit changes in GOP farm bill proposal
Nebraska Examiner via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe committee’s $1.5 trillion omnibus farm bill would set policy and funding levels for agriculture...
How Pig Welfare Became a States’ Rights Issue
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHouse Republicans’ farm bill includes a provision reversing a California law promoting more humane housing conditions for livestock. Opponents say the...
GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoRepublican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that’s mired generations of Black […]
"Confirms my worst fears": Republican farm bill would slash SNAP benefits, gut animal welfare laws
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOther groups have complained that the bill would weaken child labor laws, unfairly reduce...
A fight over SNAP funding could derail the farm bill
The Hill· 12 hours agoThis year, a successful bill must walk a tightrope across the stark divisions between a Democrat-controlled Senate and a sizable far-right contingent in...
GOP-led House faces RECA deadline on aid for Trinity Test victims
Axios· 3 days agoThe Republican-controlled U.S. House has just a few days to vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that would expand compensation for victims of the Trinity Test — the world's first atomic explosion ...
Mark Robinson Is Testing the Bounds of GOP Extremism
The Atlantic· 1 day agoA decade ago, Mark Robinson had a dead-end job and a nasty habit of posting anti-Semitic, homophobic, and sexist screeds on Facebook. Today he is North...
Sen. Sanders introduces the End Polluter Welfare Act
WCAX-TV Vermont· 5 days agoVermont Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday introduced a bill aimed at ending loopholes he says benefit the fossil fuel industry. Sanders was joined by Rep....
Lawmakers give Oklahoma oil and gas industry $50 million in budget agreement
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 day agoShe said it was especially galling because GOP negotiators were haggling over projects like public...
Why Trump Could Win the Union Vote
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThese views aren’t necessarily shared by rank-and-file union members, much...on issues like religion, patriotism, gender and law enforcement—that many...
