food stamps became part of the farm bill in 1996.
when did food stamps become part of the farm bill?
1996
thornberry has consistently voted for term limits for u.s. representatives, but does not intend to term-limit himself until a constitutional amendment is passed that imposes term limits on all members of congress.





















































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thornberry has pressed the house to pass a farm bill every five years in order to give farmers and ranchers more stability. in 2013 he voted for the five-year farm bill, which included annual cuts of $2 billion from food stamps, which would have been the largest change to food policy since 1996. the house did not pass the bill.
mac thornberry
in 2012, while writing the new farm bill, known as the agriculture reform, food and jobs act, congress proposed many ways to cut down the overall cost of the bill, including stricter eligibility standards for food stamps and moving away from direct payments to farmers. however, food stamps and nutrition remained the largest portion of the bill's cost, amounting to a proposed $768.2 billion over ten years. the 2012 bill ultimately failed to pass in the house, which caused congress to extend the 2008 bill until september 30, 2013. this was enacted as part of the american taxpayer relief act of 2012, passed by congress on january 1, 2013 and signed into law the next day by president barack obama. (public law no: 112-240)
united states farm bill