Food Stamps

PA House Bill Will Only Increase Mother's Assistance for Additional Children Conceived in Rape

John Morgan for Pennsylvania Progressive, The
October 25, 2012 - 11:03am
A new bill would deny food stamps to any woman who cannot prove her child was conceived via rape.  If you think Richard Nourdock and Todd Akin are extreme include RoseMarie Swanger, Tom Caltagirone, Mark Gillen, Keith Gillespie, Adam Harris and Mike Tobash to that list.
Most rapes aren't reported to the police.  It may be that only 3% of rapists ever go to prison and only 9% are event prosecuted.  Few women are willing to go through more torment dispensed by our...

B: U.S. Senate Agrees to Cut Food Aid for Children, Seniors, Disabled, and Poor

dan.burns for MN Progressive Project
June 22, 2012 - 1:12pm
I often flatter myself that I understand what goes on in conservatives' heads - far, far better than they understand it, themselves - b

B: The Farm Bill: Where a Bipartisan Approach Hurts

WillyK for Show Me Progress
June 20, 2012 - 12:13am
Today Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) joined her Republican colleague in the Missouri delegation and voted against restoring 4.5 million dollars in Food Stamp Aid t