US EditionCollins, Sullivan Break with Senate GOP Leaders on Amendment to Reverse SNAP Cuts
The 47-50 vote came as Democrats tried to restore $187 billion in food assistance cuts and pressure Republicans on affordability.
- On Wednesday, Senate Republicans defeated an amendment from Sen. Ben Ray Luján to reverse $187 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, failing by a vote of 47 to 50.
- Democrats used an overnight 'vote-a-rama' session to attach affordability amendments to a budget resolution designed to provide roughly $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
- Notably, Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan broke with their party to support the amendment; Collins sided with Democrats on 12 of 16 affordability votes, while Sullivan supported six measures.
- The Senate passed the GOP budget resolution in a party-line vote, with Sens. Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski opposing the measure; legislation now heads to the House.
- Republicans aim to use this reconciliation process to bypass the filibuster and end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, a key goal during monthslong immigration enforcement battles ahead of midterm elections.
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Collins, Sullivan break with Senate GOP leaders on amendment to reverse SNAP cuts
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and reverse an estimated $187 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two vulnerable Republican senators — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine)…
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