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Senate cuts down plan to cut food stamp spending

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WASHINGTON D.C. (WFIE) -

The Senate has turned back an effort by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul to cut food stamp spending and replace the food aid program with block grants to the states.

The 65-33 vote to defeat the amendment was part of a debate on a 5 year, half trillion dollar Farm and Food Bill.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, makes up about $80 billion of the $100 billion a year cost of the Farm Bill, providing aid to some 46 million people.

The Farm Bill would reduce food stamp spending by four billion dollars over the next decade by eliminating abuses. 

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