Farm bill

Fight over food stamps intensifies on Capitol Hill

Sean Lengell · September 20, 2013 12:00 am

A Windsor Mill couple has pleaded to food stamp fraud in a plot to redeem the benefits in exchange for cash.

House expected to approve food stamp cuts, setting up showdown with Senate

Sean Lengell · September 19, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi says House GOP ‘taking food out of the mouths of babies’ with farm bill

Charlie Spiering · September 19, 2013 12:00 am

House approves $40 billion in cuts to food stamp program, sets up fight with Senate

Sean Lengell · September 19, 2013 12:00 am

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., accused House GOP leaders of "catering to the extremes of their party" over their decision to hold a Wednesday vote on legislation calling for $40 billion in food stamp cuts over 10 years instead of working with the Senate to hammer out a compromise between the two chambers' bills.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Ag Day, John Harrington)

Rep. Collin Peterson: GOP food stamp measure will waylay farm bill

Sean Lengell · September 16, 2013 4:00 am

Missouri lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an agriculture measure. (AP image)

Missouri lawmakers vote to override Jay Nixon on farm bill

Associated Press · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

Agriculture groups are pressing Congress for swift action on a multi-year farm bill, saying that a temporary extension would cause budgeting and planning problems for farmers. (Thinkstock)

Farm bill negotiations stalled as end-of-month deadline looms

Sean Lengell · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

6 bills with great-sounding names that actually aren’t so great

Ashe Schow · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

Police union: Rep. Steve King measure bad for puppies

Sean Lengell · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

American Crystal Sugar Co. CEO Dave Berg, left, and Roger Weinlaeder of the North Dakota Farm Credit Council, center, listen to Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, talk about passing a 2013 farm bill during a meeting at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., on Wednesday. (AP/Dave Kolpack)

Hoeven: Farm leaders should woo big-city lawmakers

Dave Kolpack · August 16, 2013 4:00 am

About 1.8 million Ohioans who receive food stamps will see a reduction in benefits when a boost to the federal program following the nation's economic downturn expires in November. (AP/Allen Breed)

Food-stamp benefit cut on horizon for Ohioans

Associated Press · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on Capitol Hill, where she told reporters that Congress has too much critical, unfinished work to be leaving for a five-week recess in August. (Graeme Jennings/WashingtonExaminer)

Nancy Pelosi takes parting shots at GOP before House leaves town

Steve Contorno · August 2, 2013 4:00 am