https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/10/17/study-the-rapid-growth-of-food-stamps-hasnt-really-helped-to-reduce-hunger/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:06:24 -0400<![CDATA[Now that the shutdown is finally over, one of the first items on Congress&#8217;s agenda is combining the Senate-passed farm bill with the House&#8217;s semi-separated agriculture and food stamps bills into some sort of mutually acceptable version. The end of the shutdown and the Republican &#8212; loss? victory? status-quo maintenance? depends on who you ask &#8212; could play either way in the highly contentious fight over the already-expired provisions, as one Democratic conferee speculated on Wednesday. Politico reports on the conferees&#8217; meeting:]]>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:21:17 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/10/17/study-the-rapid-growth-of-food-stamps-hasnt-really-helped-to-reduce-hunger-n210466