Legislating Agriculture

There are many different aspects to the farm bill. A lot of money is involved in it and it is a highly personal topic for many different people.

One of the most highly controversial topics about the farm bill is the use of money for the food stamps and nutrition program. It is controversial because many people use this money as their only means of getting food for their entire family.

The new farm bill changed the program slightly. It lowered the funding by 8 billion in 10 years. By lowering the funding, they will also have to tighten the standards for people that are getting the assistance.

They way they plan to do this is by restricting the amount of money that households have been getting because the state has been saying that their heating bill is more than it actually was. They are also going to try to encourage people that are on assistance to get a job so that they will be able to earn enough money to get off of the welfare program. The last thing they are going to do is make sure that people that don't need the program aren't taking advantage of it.

There are many other parts of the farm bill that are being changed, but these are the most important changes with the farm bill regarding the food stamp program.

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