More than 100 amendments were introduced to the farm bill that was defeated this month in the U.S. House of Representatives. One amendment would have reduced annual funding for the federal food stamp program — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — by $2 billion a year, and removed up to 2 […]
Madelyn Colon
Farm bill’s defeat — A lost opportunity for food security and farms
More than 100 amendments were introduced to the farm bill that was defeated this month in the U.S. House of Representatives. One amendment would have reduced annual funding for the federal food stamp program — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — by $2 billion a year, and removed up to 2 […]
Farm bill’s defeat — A lost opportunity for food security and farms
More than 100 amendments were introduced to the farm bill that was defeated this month in the U.S. House of Representatives. One amendment would have reduced annual funding for the federal food stamp program — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — by $2 billion a year, and removed up to 2 […]
Statehood for Puerto Rico: now or never?
Puerto Ricans should be very interested in maneuvers happening right now in Congress and in Puerto Rico that could determine whether Puerto Rico will become the 51st state. Congress is the final and only authority on whether it will ever actually happen. Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, who is the elected but non-voting representative of Puerto […]
Madelyn Colon: The ACA could lead to more savvy consumers
Moving 37,500 adults who are currently insured out of the state Medicaid HUSKY A Program and requiring them to buy their own health insurance on Access Health CT, the new Connecticut health insurance exchange marketplace, isn’t such a bad idea.
Madelyn Colon: Waiting too long for the American dream
As the national debate on immigration reform unfolds in the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate, undocumented Latinos should be reading Section S.744 of the 844 page bill carefully to see what it really says about the path to citizenship. They won’t be fooled by anything less than an authentic road that leads to full […]