date:May 14, 2013
ive-year authorization for USDA spending. The House Agriculture Committee proposes cutting food stamp spending by $20.5 billion over a decade, five times as much as the Senate.
If the ag committees approve farm bills this week, as expected, the full House and Senate will debate them this year. If both bills pass, then the House and Senate ag committees will have to resolve big differences in such programs as food stamps when members of both committees meet to draft a final bill.