Food Stamps

The Senate on Tuesday approved a sweeping domestic policy package that would slash spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), marking what analysts call the deepest food-aid cut in modern history and sending the bill back to the House for final action. How The ‘Big,...

The poor, the elderly, the disabled, college students and environmental protections all stand to take a big hit if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal year 2018. Defense contractors, corporations in general and the wealthiest Americans all stand to gain...

The lawmakers are embarked on the mission of doing a makeover of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which was formerly called as the Food Stamp Program. With health data revealing that mortality rates are higher among those participating in SNAP, the end use of SNAP benefits...

Food stamp benefits fell 3.1 percent in December. The decline has been attributed to the approximated 230 basis point drop in participation and roughly 80 basis point decline in benefits/person. According to Macquarie Research, this is the "ninth consecutive monthly decline since the November 2013...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will report its second quarter results before Thursday's market open. Wal-Mart last reported its results on May 15. The retailer earned $1.10 per share, $0.05 less than analysts expected. Revenue of $114.9 billion fell short of expectations by nearly $1.4 billion. Wal...

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, author of the new farm bill and Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, tweeted this Tuesday: This is not your father's #FarmBill http://t.co/sjZMmEY8GI — Sen. Debbie Stabenow (@StabenowPress) February 4, 2014...