Monterey, CA Food Stamp Program In Jeopardy

View From A Nonprofit Serving Carmel, Carmel Valley, Gonzalez, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Seaside And Soledad California The bickering in Washington D.C. has become so depressing and hard to watch, but it must be even worst for those which are being hard hit by budget cutting being done in Congress.  The latest explosion came when Republicans tried to completely cut food stamps from a proposed farm bill.  After several years of escalation in costs for federal nutrition programs, the House Republicans thought they would cut food stamp spending completely out of the bill and see what happened.  There will now be a huge battle on this front as Democrats and Republicans try and negotiate a five-year farm bill by the September 30 deadline.  "Food-stamps funding has been part of the wider farm bill for 40 years and Senate Democrats will continue to insist that it remains part of a comprehensive bill," Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat, Illinois) and the assistant majority leader, told the Wall Street Journal.  I certainly hope so.  I am tired of watching from the sidelines as the poor continue to suffer from politicians cutting social programs at both the state and federal levels.

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