46M in Poverty, 44M on Food Stamps – but, GOP Wants $9B Food Stamp Cut

Special from Crew of 42

Isn’t Alabama One of the Poorest States in the Union? A record number of Americans are in poverty and using food stamps. So, of course, some in Congress would like to cut a program assisting the poor. Nevermind that keeping the Bush tax cut extension costs $400 billion a year and $4 trillion over 10 years.  The first proposed cut came in the Ryan Budget in April 2011 to the tune of a $127 billion cut (over 10 years).  Now, the most senior Republican Budget Committee member, Se. Jeff Sessions, wants food stamps cut by $9 Billion dollars (a year?).  Note that the same Sen. Sessions supports paying $400 billion per year to preserve the Bush tax cuts for high income Americans.

Lauren Victoria Burke writes on Congress and politics from Capitol Hill in Washington DC. She is the creator of the blog Crewof42 on Black members of Congress. The blog was named one of the 30 Black Blogs You Should Know by The ROOT in 2011. Ms. Burke has worked on Capitol Hill, ABC News, USA TODAY.com, The Hill, The Washington Post and Associated Press. She can be heard every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on WMCS-AM 1290 in Milwaukee on THE EVENING RUSH with Earl Ingram and every Friday at 6:30 p.m. on WPFW-FM 89.3 in Washington DC on NEWS/VIEWS. She owns wdcpix.com photo service. Follow her on twitter at @crewof42.

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