Sunday, April 01, 2018

Republican desire to starve poor people holds up farm bill

Joan McCarter 
Daily Kos Staff
Thursday March 29, 2018 · 10:18 AM EDT

House Democrats are holding the line against drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that could remove a million people from the program and create expensive administrative burdens for states. Republicans want to tighten existing work requirements in the food stamp program, and the proposal is threatening the farm bill. With the Trump administration pushing their "Harvest Box" replacement to 50 percent of food stamp benefits, and House Speaker Paul Ryan insisting he's going to get "good welfare reforms" when "it comes to the farm bill," it's going to be a big fight.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/29/1752955/-Republican-desire-to-starve-poor-people-holds-up-farm-bill

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