House approves bill with deep food stamp spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat...
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House approves bill with deep food stamp spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat...
Farm bill might violate trade rules: U.S. business groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new U.S. farm bill might violate World Trade Organization rules against trade-distorting subsidies, major U.S. business groups said on Monday in an appeal to lawmakers to...
House Republicans to push $40 billion cut to food stamp program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans plan to seek a $40 billion cut in food stamps for the poor, the head of the House Agriculture Committee said on Thursday, double the...
House Republicans to push $40 billion cut to food stamp program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans plan to seek a $40 billion cut in food stamps for the poor, the head of the House Agriculture Committee said on Thursday, double the...
House passes controversial farm bill without food stamps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a controversial farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system...
U.S. approves second horse slaughterhouse, but renews bid for ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government approved a horse slaughter plant in Iowa on Tuesday, its second such move in four days, but it also renewed its appeal to Congress...
U.S. likely to extend old farm law after House derails new bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress is headed for a second stop-gap extension of current farm law if Republican leaders in the House of Representatives cannot get new legislation back on...
Probe indicates biotech wheat was “isolated incident” -USDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in their...
As U.S. House takes up farm bill, groups warn of hidden costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. House of Representatives gets ready to debate a $500 billion, five-year farm bill, environmentalists and fiscal hawks warn the legislation could leave taxpayers on...