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  • Dems may use food-stamp money to pay for Michelle Obama's nutrition initiative

    08/17/2010 4:33:36 AM PDT · by MNJohnnie · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08-14-2010 | By Russell Berman
    Democrats who reluctantly slashed a food-stamp program to fund a state-aid bill may have to do so again to pay for a top priority of first lady Michelle Obama. The House will soon consider an $8 billion child-nutrition bill that’s at the center of the first lady’s “Let’s Move” initiative. Before leaving for the summer recess, the Senate passed a smaller version of the legislation that is paid for by trimming the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as the food-stamp program.