Food-Stamp Benefits Will Drop 5% as 2009 Boost Expires
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Congress is poised to let a temporary boost in food-stamp benefits end later this week for more than 47 million Americans.
The extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aid, which subsidizes purchases by lower-income families, was included in the 2009 economic-stimulus law. Food-stamp spending reached a record $78.4 billion in fiscal 2012 as annual average enrollment climbed 77 percent from 2007, government data show.