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House Republicans just voted to cut food stamps by $39 billion. Here's how.
Sep 19th 2013, 22:29, by Brad Plumer

The House just voted 217 to 210 to approve a GOP bill to cut food-stamp spending by $39 billion over the next ten years. That's roughly a 5 percent cut compared with current law.

The House legislation isn't expected to get past the Senate, but it's worth a closer look. The bill would spend $725 billion on food stamps over the next ten years, compared with about $760 billion in the Senate farm bill.

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