Top Democrat Goes Off On GOP For Slashing Food Stamps

Top Democrat Goes Off On GOP For Slashing Food Stamps: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) slammed the Republican-controlled House’s decision to cut food stamps out of the Farm Bill they passed, reserving particularly harsh words for one Congressman’s implication that food stamp recipients were defrauding the government. On Thursday, House Republicans voted to take the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as [...]/p