The Senate and House Agriculture Committees recommended to the Super Committee last year to cut $4.2 billion in nutrition spending to help shore up the national deficit. Last month, the House budget resolution passed, which included trimming spending for the federal nutrition program, SNAP, commonly referred to as food stamps.

Signers of the letter included several unions, such as the AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, the American Federation of Teachers and the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers.

More than 1.84 million Michigan residents receive SNAP, according to the Michigan League for Human Services..

Stabenow, D-Lansing, could not be reached late Monday.

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