Surplus catfish a tasty bipartisan item in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $10 million on frozen catfish for poor Americans this year as part of a Great Depression-era program that hasn't drawn a peep of protest from budget slashers in Congress. The program, which is buying 12 million catfish portions along with vast amounts of other foods such as frozen blueberries and chicken drumsticks, is the rare government initiative that seems to have only friends in bitterly partisan Washington. Pentecost U.S. Congress Feeding America Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), USDA will spend about $275 million this year on surplus food...