US EditionDemocrats launch effort to shield Medicaid and food stamps from GOP cuts
- House Democrats launched a petition on May 6, 2025, to force a vote protecting Medicaid and food stamps from upcoming Republican cuts in Congress.
- This action responds to Republican plans to use the budget reconciliation process to cut Medicaid and SNAP to fund large tax breaks for the wealthy.
- Democratic leaders like Rep. Brendan Boyle and Rep. Greg Casar, supported by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, seek 218 signatures including some Republicans to bring the bill to the floor.
- Polling shows 76% of voters oppose major Medicaid cuts, and Boyle said this is an opportunity for members to show whether they support essential benefits or tax breaks for the rich.
- If successful, the petition could block Medicaid and SNAP reductions in the reconciliation package, impacting millions and challenging the GOP tax cut agenda.
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'The program long ago ceased to be temporary help'
'The case for fixing food stamps' The Wall Street Journal editorial boardFood stamp "enrollment doesn't shrink any longer in a strong economy as it should, and the rolls include millions of adults who can work," says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. The "program is contributing to one of America's most pressing social ailments: Prime-age men attenuated from work and its attendant disciplines and contributions to society." Congress "can c…
Knight: Deep Federal Spending Cuts Would Hit New Mexicans Hard
By PAIGE KNIGHT NM Voices for Children’s Director of Research Children and families throughout New Mexico deserve access to affordable health care and nutritious food. However, Congressional Republicans are pushing for harsh cuts to Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and other programs that working families need to make ends meet, all to fund trillions more in tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. Medicaid is t…
Budzinski Slams House Republicans' Plan to Cut SNAP for Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) joined her colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee to discuss the Republican plan to cut $230 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which will take food away from seniors, children, and veterans while reducing demand for the food America’s farmers grow. Budzinski focused on the impact these cuts will have on the broader economy, such as grocery sto…
Feeding the Narrative: How School Lunch Became Political Theater
There’s a huge debate playing out on X and in Congress over school lunch. The basic framing goes like this: the good, caring Democrats want kids to eat and learn, so they argue there must be free, federally funded school lunch for all students.
House Dems Launch Effort to Thwart GOP Evisceration of Medicaid, SNAP - Alaska Native News
“Will any House Republican join us, or will they all support taking healthcare and food from millions of Americans?” asked Rep. Greg Casar, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A group of House Democrats launched an effort Tuesday to force a vote on a measure that would prevent Republicans from slashing Medicaid and federal nutrition […]
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