Dems and child nutrition - it's complicated

by: skeptic06

Tue Sep 28, 2010 at 13:04

A bill passed the Senate (S 3307 )in August which renews programs expiring September 30, with some improvements.

However, the funding includes $2bn taken from SNAP (food stamps to you).

Which, given the recent stats on the hike in the poverty rate doesn't seem quite right.

Worse

This follows an even larger reduction in SNAP funding -- over $10 billion -- imposed to help cover other, unrelated expenses in the federal budget.

The old Reverse Robin Hood  still in full working order! (What did that $10bn go on, I wonder?)

There is a House Bill (HR 5504) which contains S 3307 without the SNAP cuts - but that's gone nowhere so far, and it looks as if the House will pass S 3307 by the end of the month.

Not quite The West Wing, eh?