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What the House Drama Reveals about the State of Extremism in America
The gang of extremists, who controlled the process of deciding the Speaker, did not so much elect McCarthy as much as they tamed, domesticated, and subordinated him.
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Senate Passes Farm Bill With No Food Stamp Changes; Battle Looms In the House
A week ago we reported that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a major piece of legislation called the “Farm Bill” that included significant changes to the federal food stamp program. Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill and, as we predicted last week, it does not contain the House food…
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Democrats Stick Together And Hand Trump And Ryan Massive Humiliating Farm Bill Defeat
With Republicans divided on the Farm Bill, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held the House Democrats together, and the result was a humiliating defeat for Trump and Ryan backed Farm Bill.
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Congressional Republicans Quietly Plan SNAP Cuts While No One Is Watching
It is imperative that the Farm Bill and all policies that seek to meet human needs actually address the real lives of people and the systemic and structural oppression and injustice they face each day.
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The Farm Bill Makes The Koch Brothers Richer While Destroying the Clean Water Act
Washington celebrates finally getting a farm bill passed, corporate agribusiness, the insurance industry, and the Koch brothers are celebrating a poisoned farm bill that adds to the Kochs fortune and decimates part of the Clean Water Act. wq
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Consumed By Hunger Lust, House Republicans Are Literally Trying To Starve The Needy
What House Republicans are doing has nothing whatsoever to do with politics and everything to do with increasing hunger for working families, senior citizens, and children, and nothing else.
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Charles Koch Launches Campaign to Eliminate the Minimum Wage
Charles Koch has joined Republicans pushing to eliminate the nation’s minimum wage. He implied that getting rid of minimum wage laws was the ultimate secret to lifting Americans out of poverty.
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House Republicans Pass Farm Bill That Rewards Corporations While Starving The Poor
The only way House Republicans could get the Farm Bill passed was to not just cut food aid for the poor, but to starve them.
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Nancy Pelosi Rips Boehner and Cantor’s Unprofessional Amateur Hour Clown Show
Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi completely shredded John Boehner and Eric Cantor after they tried to blame her for the their own failure to pass the Farm Bill.
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Paul Ryan Wants to Throw 1.8 Million People Off Of Food Stamps for Having a Car
One of the most outrageous components of the Farm Bill is that millionaire Rep. Paul Ryan wants to deny people food stamps if they own adequate transportation.
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House Republicans Are Planning to Eliminate Food Assistance for 13 Million Americans
House Republicans have a ten year plan to eliminate food assistance for 13 million more hungry working Americans and seniors in their version of common sense cuts.
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Obama Masterfully Ties Paul Ryan to the Most Unpopular House in History
President Obama showed Mitt Romney why choosing Paul Ryan was a big mistake, by immediately linking Ryan to the most unpopular House of Representatives in American history.
Republicans Cut off Food Assistance to Millions of Americans who own a Car
The Republican plan eliminates categorical eligibility which means that a family living at or below the poverty line that owns a dependable car will be cut off of food assistance.