The Bush Administration has proposed eliminating $543 million in food stamp benefits for about 329,000 low-income Americans over the next
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When non-custodial parents send child support payments to help their children, the payments should benefit the children.
The Food Stamp Program has made severe hunger rare in America. In the late 1960s, medical research found that American
The federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), signed into law by President Bush last year, changed the federal requirements related to
Last year, Congress significantly changed the federal rules that govern how states must operate the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
News Release Oregon would lose $123 million in federal funding next year for a wide range of public structures, including
Unless Oregon makes significant changes in its program, the State faces a loss of federal funds and federal fiscal penalties.
News Release The President’s 2008 proposed budget, announced today, has the wrong priorities for Oregon and America. It would worsen
The five-year budget plan approved by the U.S. House Budget Committee last week “is badly out of step with the
Last year at this time, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean showed the world that the poor across the globe
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