GOP Food Stamp Bill Includes $125 Million to Fight Food Deserts
Bill also orders agriculture secretary to examine 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.