The House voted to allow rotisserie chicken food stamp purchases on Thursday in an amendment to the broader farm bill. The measure cleared the lower chamber with a vote of 384-35 with bipartisan support. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds have long been constrained to items that recipients can cook at home. Earlier this month,…
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House votes to allow rotisserie chicken food stamps purchases
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CitrixNews Staff
Originally reported by The Hill
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