A Limerick For The Speaker Of The House of Representatives

A Limerick For The Speaker Of The House of Representatives

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Contingency Funds Aren’t Legally Available for Food Stamps: House Speaker

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that $5 billion in contingency funds likely cannot be used by the federal government to cover the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is set to expire on Nov. 1. “The SNAP benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the whole legal analysis, and it looks legitimate to me, that the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now,” Johnson (R-La.) told re…

House speaker: Starving the poor makes legal sense

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans have found a legal argument for not feeding children enrolled in food assistance programs during the GOP’s government shutdown. �