Articles Tagged with ''SNAP''

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States would reduce or end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for an estimated 1.3 million people in an average month under a state cost-share requirement included in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is allowing two more states, Indiana and Iowa, to restrict what can be purchased with SNAP benefits, and this time the bans will apply to candy in addition to sodas. 

House Republicans took a major step toward enacting President Donald Trump's policy agenda and boosting spending for commodity programs and crop insurance by winning passage Thursday morning of the GOP's sweeping budget reconciliation bill.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday that the department didn’t plan to offer another round of buyouts and acknowledged that the release of a reorganization plan had been delayed by litigation. She also signed a waiver to restrict purchasing of sugary beverages with SNAP benefits. 

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Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee repeatedly criticized a Republican proposal to make states pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the first time in the program’s history.

House Republican budget reconciliation proposals include historic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid that could have a substantial impact on rural communities and economies, advocates warn. 

The House Agriculture Committee is planning to mark up its portion of the GOP’s reconciliation bill on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, with opening statements beginning on Tuesday night and votes taking place Wednesday.

The top Republican on the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep. Andy Harris, has long championed state pilots to restrict sweetened beverage purchases in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Now that states are filing waivers for these pilots, and the federal government appears open to granting them, Harris has set his sights on what he calls a “bigger and better” idea: Restricting SNAP benefits to U.S.-grown foods.