House Republicans decide punishing poor people is worth blowing up the farm bill

House Republicans just can't help themselves, even with an ever-simmering civil war in their conference. There's an election in seven months that will very likely end their majority. They have to pass another budget by the end of September, while the White House is insisting that they re-legislate the one they just finished, over Republican objections. Now they're causing a fight within the conference and with the Senate over the farm bill by using it to slash the food stamp program and impose new work requirements on recipients. Because that's how much they want to make poor people go hungry.....

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