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Trump administration's budget plan causes concern over SNAP benefits
- House Republicans passed a tax and spending bill on Thursday that includes major reforms and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program .
- The bill proposes tightening work requirements, disallowing waivers, and requiring states to cover 5% to 25% of SNAP costs starting in 2028, causing concern among opponents.
- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported the bill could cause 3.2 million people to lose SNAP benefits and impose about $14 billion annually on states.
- Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative Angie Craig condemned the bill as devastating, while House Republicans argued the reforms protect SNAP and limit costs for able-bodied adults.
- Officials warn states like Kentucky would face large new expenses and food banks expect increased demand if the bill passes, highlighting potential hardship for many families.
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GOP Bill Would Kick More Than 3 Million Off Food Stamps
The massive tax and spending bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would likely result in 3.2 million people losing food assistance benefits, and saddle states with around $14 billion a year in costs, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Democrats have argued the bill, which the House passed, 215-214 early Thursday without any Democrats in support, would cut programs for the needy to fund tax breaks for h…
Woke Blue State Caught Making Millions In Fraudulent Welfare Payments - The American Tribune.com
A searing report from the Massachusetts state auditor revealed an egregious $2 million in fraudulently funded state benefits, including a significant amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds that were overpaid to welfare recipients by the blue state’s government, a discovery that preceded widespread calls for SNAP reform across the U.S. For context, according to a report released by the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Inv…
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SNAP scam leads to indictments, seizures in Ohio
COLUMBUS — A nearly year-long investigation by the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) into the use of card skimmers to steal at least $600,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits across Ohio has resulted in indictments for three people. Earlier this month, a Franklin County Common Pleas Court grand jury returned indictments against Columbus residents […] The post SNAP scam leads to indictments, seizures in Ohio appeared first…
Florida SNAP recipients express fears about Trump tax bill’s cuts to food assistance
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor stands next to Jennifer Nicholson speaking about the proposed cuts to the SNAP benefit program in St. Petersburg on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/ Florida Phoenix)Here are some of the consequences that will follow if Congress cuts a key federal nutrition program, as proposed in the U.S. House’s version of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” “I won’t be able to get healthy foods like I am right now, as I have health…
Keeping Score: Trump Administration Attacks Immigrant Students; Pregnant Women Left Behind in RFK Jr.’s COVID Policy Shift; House GOP Targets SNAP and Medicaid
In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. This week: —House Republicans pass a reconciliation bill with almost $1 trillion in cuts to SNAP and Medicaid; feminists call it "unacceptable, inhumane and reckless." —"There is literally no oversigh…
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