The proposed cut is estimated to strip modest fruit and vegetable benefits from nearly 5.4 million WIC participants.

House Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted Thursday to approve legislation that would slash nutrition assistance for millions of young children and pregnant and postpartum women, even as food prices continue to rise nationwide and earlier GOP cuts to federal aid take hold. In a 213-210 vote, largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill that would…

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