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Debate over SNAP work requirement heats up
A partisan debate is heating up in Congress over whether to impose stricter work requirements on adults who rely on the ...
SNAP is the country’s most effective anti-hunger program — reaching 1 in 8 people and 1 in 5 children — who without it could ...
Federal spending on SNAP, however, has been falling since it peaked at $119 billion in 2022, before extra pandemic-related benefits ended. Some Republican lawmakers are calling for new changes that ...
As discussions about federal budget cuts intensify, the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program hangs in the ...
David Valadao voted for the budget cuts in February, and days later called on his colleagues to produce a final bill that ...
This three-part agenda — legislation, executive action, and tariffs — will reduce the living standards and raise costs for ...
The Senate early Saturday advanced a budget framework for sweeping tax and spending cuts after debating Democratic amendments ...
The budget proposal passed by House Republicans last month remains under debate ... cuts to Medicaid and other programs supporting low-income families. U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, a San Antonio ...
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern rolled out legislation that would protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as food ...
The Iowa House has passed a bill that could lead to new restrictions on what Iowans may buy with federal food assistance. If ...