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Olympian
(WA): coverage of the Bush administration's income
verification proposal.
(January
17, 2003) |
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USA
Today: article quotes Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.,
the ranking Democrat on the education committee: "While
I support efforts to control inappropriate use of the
program, the cure should not be worse than the disease."
(January 16, 2003) |
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San
Francisco Chronicle: editorial compares the Bush Administration's
possible income verification requirement to former President
Reagan's declaration that ketchup was a federally recognized
vegetable, calling both "acts of desperation"
to save money wherever possible in order to finance military
spending and tax cuts.
(January
6, 2003) |
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Sacramento
Bee (CA) op-ed criticizes the Bush Administration's
proposal to require income verification: "Using
the Backpack Express, a proven vehicle for losing paperwork
forever, young children will be asked to ferry home
forms, retrieve the appropriate financial information
from parents and return it all to school."
(January 2, 2003) |
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San
Mateo County Times (CA): reports that anti-hunger
advocates are concerned that income verification requirements
could cause eligible families to lose participation.
(December 30, 2002) |
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News Release from
Congressman George Miller: House lawmakers warn administration
against plan on school lunch program.
(December
12, 2002) |
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Associated Press:
Bush Wants to Restore Food Stamps to Some Legal Immigrants
(January 9, 2002) |
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Anchorage
Daily News: Easier access to food stamps needed. Op-ed
by Susannah Morgan of Food Bank of Alaska.
(November
29, 2001) |
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Top of Utah Voices:
Let's take note of our neighbors' food needs throughout
the year.
(November 27, 2001) |
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Washington
Post editorial: Who's Feeding Whom?
(November
25, 2001) |
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Deseret
News: Many Utahns go hungry in spite of food 'drops'.
(November 21, 2001) |
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The
Oregonian commentary: A country for humanitarian intervention.
(November 21, 2001) |
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America's
Second Harvest media archive, November 2001
(November,
2001) |
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer editorial calls for Food
Stamp reform in the Farm Bill.
(November
19, 2001) |
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San Jose Mercury News
editorial: The hunger trap: owning a $4,650 car cuts
off food stamps.
(November 14,
2001) |
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NWFCO press release
on Boise Farm Bill hearing.
(October
29, 2001) |
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer documents food stamp problems;
highlights WRAHC efforts to improve the program.
(October
26, 2001) |
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Associated Press:
With Bush's backing, Congress considering expansion of
food stamp program. |
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The
Spokesman-Review features a guest column by WRAHC's
Linda Stone about the importance of food stamps to the
Spokane community. |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
supports restoration of food stamps to legal immigrants
in an October 9 editorial. |
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USDA Secretary Anne Venneman speaks out to the Associated
Press on the Farm Bill: stories from the New
York Times and Washington
Post.
(August 31, 2001) |
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The Washington Post reports
that the farm bill written by the House Agriculture Committee
gives the food stamps program short shrift.
(August
17, 2001) |
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USA Today reports
that the number of able-bodied, childless adults receiving
food stamps plummeted from more than 1.1 million to 362,000
in the three years after a welfare overhaul imposed strict
new rules on the program.
(June
19, 2001 03:41 PM) |
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The Yakima Herald-Republic
reports on hunger among Farm Workers in eastern Washington
state. |
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Here's a recent Washington
Post article that profiles Eric Bost, new USDA Undersecretary
for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services |
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