Kennedy in 1961, eligible Food Stamps program participants ... Legislation signed in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson made the program permanent. Its original version introduced in the House ...
The program was permanently authorized in August of 1964, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, one of the first major legislative accomplishments of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society plan.
President Johnson further solidified the program’s legacy by enacting the Food Stamp Act on Jan. 31, 1964, leading to the ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called food stamps, is one of our nation ... stimulating ...