by MCDC | Dec 9, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Ethics, Farm Bill, Issues
by Paul Rosenberg Hilary Hoynes is a University of California at Berkeley economist who wrote a particularly notable paper last year. Instead of increasing dependency, as conservative critics have repeatedly claimed, Hoyen’s paper showed that, for women at least, food...
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Ethics, Farm Bill, GOP Shutdown, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Video, Virginia
New York’s River Fund Food Pantry’s new clients are diverse—working people, seniors, single mothers—but many of them share something in common: they represent the millions of Americans who fell victim to food insecurity when the Great Recession hit in 2009, but...
by MCDC | Sep 23, 2013 | Ethics, Farm Bill, Issues, Sequester, Virginia
Don’t Let Your Constituents Go Hungry A letter from Melissa Harris-Perry Dear Mr. Cantor, It’s me Melissa. Now I’m not going to quibble with you over your philosophical approach. But let’s deal in facts. The beginning of your speech on the House floor before...
by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Farm Bill, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Virginia
The House SNAP bill is harsh. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it would deny SNAP to approximately 3.8 million low-income people in 2014 and to an average of nearly 3 million people each year over the coming decade. Those who would be thrown off the...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage
People getting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits don’t just face the prospect of House Republicans slashing $40 billion from the program over the next 10 years, they face the immediate, certain prospect of losing an average of nearly $30 a month...
by MCDC | Jul 28, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics, Farm Bill
Farm Bill Vote Switchers Have Nearly Twice as Much Money From Traditional Farm Bill Interests On Thursday, July 11, the House Republican leadership convinced just enough of its caucus to vote in favor of the revised farm bill H.R. 2642, which eliminates funding for...
