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Plan to cut food aid raises alarm

WASHINGTON — A House Agriculture Committee plan to push cuts in farm spending beyond levels the Senate approved relies mostly on reductions in food stamps, alarming nutrition activists.

Of $35.1 billion that would be saved over a decade under the draft plan released Thursday, about $16.1 billion....

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