House Ag Committee Advances Budget Bill with Major SNAP Cuts, Preserves Key Farm Supports - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info

US House Agriculture Committee Advances Proposal Requiring States to Pay for Part of SNAP – Measure could end SNAP benefits if Legislature doesn’t pay up – AZ Public Health Association

This week, the House Agriculture Committee advanced a big (bad) change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by approving a provision that would require states to contribute to the cost of SNAP benefits — a departure from the program’s longstanding federal funding model. For the last few decades, the federal government has covered 100% of SNAP benefits – with administrative costs shared between federal and state governments. Under the…

House Ag Committee Advances Budget Bill with Major SNAP Cuts, Preserves Key Farm Supports - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info

In a narrow 29–25 vote along party lines, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee advanced a sweeping budget bill on May 14 that would cut up to $300 billion from food […] The post House Ag Committee Advances Budget Bill with Major SNAP Cuts, Preserves Key Farm Supports appeared first on Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info.