US EditionDemocrats Pick Fight over How GOP’s SNAP Change Hits States
UNITED STATES, JUL 6 – The 2025 law cuts SNAP funding by $186 billion through 2034 and shifts up to $300 million in costs to states, causing about 3 million people to lose benefits, officials said.
- Congress shifted SNAP costs to states through the 2025 law, aiming to reduce federal spending and align with deficit reduction goals.
- The Congressional Budget Office projects about 3 million people will lose SNAP benefits and states will pay costs if error rates exceed 6% starting in 2028.
- Oregon must allocate an extra USD 850 million in 2028, with about 100,000 residents projected to lose SNAP coverage by 2034, according to local estimates.
- Based on 2024 error rates, 37 states will need to start sharing SNAP costs in 2028, as most new rules take effect then.
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Anti-Hunger Groups Brace For Federal SNAP Cuts
Oregon lawmakers would have to find an extra $850 million in the state budget starting in 2028 to cover cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill just signed by President Donald Trump. Alex Aghdaei, policy analyst and outreach coordinator with Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, said the bill is projected to cause an estimated 100,000 Oregonians to lose SNAP coverage by 2034. He said policymaker…
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Most if not all new rules and restrictions created by the massive spending bill now signed into law will take effect in 2028. Still, Oklahoma anti-hunger experts expect food stamps and free meal programs to be in serious jeopardy."It's definitely going to be a food crisis," Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma CEO Jeff Marlow told 2 News on July 6."We did call it a setback. It is a fundamental change to how the program works," Hunger Free Oklahoma CEO …
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