'Unprecedented Cuts' to SNAP Program Would Impact Low-Income Texans Who Need It Most

'Unprecedented cuts' to SNAP program would impact low-income Texans who need it most

The Trump administration continues to push spending cuts on the nation's social safety net, including unprecedented ones to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Rep. Mackenzie Votes to Strip $300 Billion from SNAP Federal Hunger Prevention Program

In a pivotal full House vote this morning, Representative Ryan Mackenzie (PA-7) voted to pass a highly controversial federal budget reconciliation bill that would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — the country’s primary hunger prevention tool for low-income families — by about $300 billion. The huge cuts, along with hundreds of billions more in cuts to Medicaid, are intended to pay for massive tax cuts for corporations an…