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Americans Who Win and Lose By the Spending Deal

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By Julia Edwards

Updated: April 14, 2011 | 3:31 p.m.
April 14, 2011 | 10:40 a.m.

Losers: Low-income mothers

Cuts in both the Agriculture Department and Health and Human Services will affect women and children in need of food and health care. The USDA program that provides food and baby formula to needy women, infants, and children (WIC) faces a $500 million cut. In addition to a $17 million reduction in women’s health services like Planned Parenthood, community health centers will take a $600 million deduction in discretionary funds.


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