date:Sep 23, 2013
The House of Representatives on Sept. 19, by a vote of 217 to 210, passed the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 3102), which would cut about $40 billion over 10 years from federal nutrition assistance programs. Democratic members of the House were united in opposition to the bill they asserted would remove 3.8 million Americans from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2014. Fifteen Republicans also voted against the measure.
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