Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is pushing House Republicans to drop an idea that could take away food stamps for about 229,000 Floridians.
Gillum held a news conference Tuesday and then dropped off a petition at House Speaker Richard Corcoran's office that asks lawmakers to maintain current food stamp eligibility rather than making it harder to receive assistance.
A House bill would limit food stamps to families that earn less than 130 percent of the federal poverty limit or $2,633 a month for a family of four. Families who earn twice the poverty limit are now eligible for food assistance.
