GOP Food Stamp Bill Includes $125 Million to Fight Food Deserts
Bill also orders agriculture secretary to examine health benefits of white potatoes
The House Republican bill to reduce food stamp spending also creates a $125 million program to combat food deserts and orders the agriculture secretary to “review the public health benefits of white potatoes.” Schwartz: Obama Proposal ‘A Perfectly Good Starting Point’
Democratic Rep. touts Obama's plan that Republicans roundly rejected
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.) defended the White House’s initial offer on how to avoid the “fiscal cliff” in an interview on MSNBC Monday, calling it a “perfectly good starting point” after it was panned by Republicans.
Politics and the Bimah
Philadelphia-area synagogue’s plans to host DNC chairman draw scrutiny
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) is scheduled to appear in a Philadelphia-area synagogue Monday on behalf of the Obama for America campaign, fostering more concerns that Team Obama is engaging in a controversial and possibly illegal effort to win over Jewish voters from within their religious institutions.
