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National GOP Plank Calls for SNAP Removal from USDA

National GOP Plank Calls for SNAP Removal from USDA

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One of the planks passed by this summer’s Republican National Convention calls for SNAP, or the food stamp program, to be removed from the US Department of Agriculture, and out of the Farm Bill.

South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem says that’s a problem…..

Noem says having the SNAP program in the Farm Bill gets more urban support…..

Noem says while the GOP platform may have the provision, it doesn’t mean it extends to House republicans….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/kristi-noem-919b-1

Due to dropping commodity prices, there is increasing talk of modifying the farm bill early next year.

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