"5 Awful Things Congress Snuck Into the Omnibus Budget Deal"

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5 Awful Things Congress Snuck Into the Omnibus Budget Deal

by Mansur Gidfar at the Bulletin

http://bulletin.represent.us/5-awful-things-congress-snuck-omnibus-budget-deal

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4. $93 million cut from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program

WIC

Since those shiny new F-35s aren’t going to pay for themselves, Congress did manage to trim a few areas of the budget. For example, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly referred to as WIC, was on the receiving end of a $93 million budget cut. WIC provides low-income mothers and children with vouchers that can be exchanged for food which meets certain nutrition guidelines, although I imagine they’ll be handing out a few less vouchers after this deal goes through.

If you’re a family that depends on WIC to put food on the table, this is terrible news. Maybe those low-income women, infants and children could try hiring some lobbyists.

Or being planes. With really good lobbyists.




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