Top Democrat questions ‘special treatment’ for Alaska, Hawaii in GOP SNAP proposal

‘Insanity’: Democrats Call Out Republican SNAP Cuts Proposal

Senate Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of rewarding waste in government spending with a proposal that would delay SNAP cuts for at least a year for states with high error rates. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said she will force a vote on the proposal for food stamps, which she called the “most absurd example of the hypocrisy of the Republican bill”. The package includes new 80-hour-a-month work requirements for …

"Insanity": Democrats call out Republican SNAP cuts proposal

The Senate is voting on President Donald Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill.

Top Democrat questions ‘special treatment’ for Alaska, Hawaii in GOP SNAP proposal

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only two states should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal dollars for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming years. As part of a major package being considered in the Senate to advance President Trump’s…

Senate Passage of Budget Reconciliation Brings Drastic Cuts to Food Assistance One Step Closer to Reality - Hunger Solutions New York

New York’s House Members Must Reject Cuts to SNAP Today, the United States Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill poised to cut more than $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), worsening food insecurity and threatening the sustainability of our nation’s largest and most effective anti-hunger program. 2.9 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Thirty percent of New York’s SNAP particip…

Klobuchar Statement on Senate Passage of the Republican Reconciliation Bill - Oklahoma Farm Report

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Republican reconciliation bill: “This bill is bad for families trying to put food on the table, for rural economies already dealing with the impact of tariffs, and for state and local governments working to make critical investments in the future. “SNAP serves 42 million …