House to boost veterans' programs, cut food aid

House to boost veterans' programs, cut food aid
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an otherwise lean budget year, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to boost funding to take care of the medical needs of the nation's veterans.

After a 411-5 vote for a $72.5 billion measure funding veterans' programs and military construction projects, the GOP-dominated chamber immediately resumed its budget-slashing ways and began a politically charged debate on a food and farm bill. The measure cuts aid for low-income pregnant women and their children and slashes a key overseas food aid program by about one-third below this year's funding.

At the same time, the Appropriations Committee is set to approve a $649 billion measure that slightly increases the Pentagon's operating budget while cutting costs for overseas military operations by $39 billion, reflecting a drawing down of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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House to boost veterans' programs, cut food aid

I guess I got my answer, but did they have to take away food for the poor to do it?
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