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When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1964 law creating a Federal food stamp program, he called the measure “a realistic and responsible step toward the fuller and wiser use of an agricultural abundance” that “weds the best of the humanitarian instincts of the American people with the best of the free enterprise system.”
In fact, the origins of the program date back to a temporary system implemented during the Great Depression that allowed those on welfare to use food stamps to purchase at half price items that the Department of Agriculture had declared to be in surplus. Always controversial, th…
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Foreword
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Food Stamp Timeline
Evolution of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Overview
Food Stamp Eligibility Requirements
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SNAP and Food Security
Nutrition Assistance Benefits and Hunger Reduction
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Poverty in the United States
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House Food Stamp Bill Summary and Cost Estimates
Major Provisions of the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act
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Legislative Background on SNAP Funding
Recent Action by Congress on Nutrition Provisions of the Farm Bill
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Power Plant Regulations
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Voting Rights Act
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Pro & Con
Should the House Pass the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act?
