The public is so outraged (allegedly) by the GOP’s ongoing war on women and its war on immigrants that there’s a chance today’s salvo in the war on children might have flown under the radar. Columnist Cynthia Tucker managed to find a way to tie today’s vote on the farm bill to the fight over restrictions on late-term abortions in Texas and other states: it’s just further proof that Republicans only care about children until they’re born, right?
Once again, pushing through farm bill w/out food stamps, GOPers show they couldn't care less abt poor kids once they're out of the womb!
— Cynthia Tucker (@ctuckerprof) July 11, 2013
The House did vote 216-208 today to pass a revision of the farm bill that had a $743 billion provision for food stamps stripped out. (The pork-stuffed version was voted down in June.) House leadership has said it will address food stamps later this month in a separate piece of legislation, and it’s possible the House and Senate will negotiate something in conference. Even the version passed by the Democrat-led Senate managed to cut $4.1 billion in food stamp funding over 10 years, inspiring “limousine hobo” and New York City mayoral hopeful John Liu to eat cold soup from the can while being chauffeured around the city.
There’s practically no chance that hundreds of billions won’t be allocated to the food stamp program, but that doesn’t make for a very dramatic headline, does it?
House Republicans cheer as they pass farm bill without food stamps or a future http://t.co/9p8AqdGaWR
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) July 11, 2013
GOP rams Farm Bill without food stamps through the House http://t.co/iu1bJKOdpG
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 11, 2013
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You're on your own, hungry Americans: The consequences of splitting food stamps off the farm bill http://t.co/z1is9sAbhZ
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 11, 2013
Disgraceful–House Republicans finally pass a farm bill — with no money for food stamps http://t.co/Bokd5LBmOT
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) July 11, 2013
@JamilSmith @mckaycoppins We're leading with the Farm Bill vote, fwiw. Something tells me 45 million people on food stamps care.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 11, 2013
Something tells us you shouldn’t be counting on 45 million viewers tonight.
#FarmBill w/o food stamps. "Let's allow the states to force poor women to carry pregnancies to term then take away SNAP so they can't eat"
— Kimberly (@_kimberlyj) July 11, 2013
http://t.co/Nsvzc0DB8k Sad to say, many Christians allow their hatred of all things democrat or POTUS to blind them to the commands of God.
— Barbara Cochlin (@Barbara_Cochlin) July 11, 2013
I can't believe the #farmbill passed today without the Food Stamp program. That's amoral, house republicans.
— ℍ????? ??????? (@hannahmw23) July 11, 2013
Pelosi on R's pulling food stamps from farm bill: House Republicans have stooped to a new low.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 11, 2013
Did we mention that the Democrat-led Senate’s farm bill cuts food stamps too, by $400 million a year? Somebody’s going to starve.
With 0 support from House Dems, House Rs hastily pass Farm Bill & risk taking food from those who need it most: pic.twitter.com/ei8sYGcPls
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 11, 2013
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@ctuckerprof they don't care about kids they just hate women.
— Mar-Mar (@AntalFyra) July 11, 2013
@Balkingpoints @ctuckerprof the #GOP is counting COUNTING on poor people dying off. Sooooooo why make them multiply? The #GOP is confusing
— Despicable P (@PorshaKingShow) July 11, 2013
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