GOP's claim that FarmBill doesn't cut #SNAP is a bald-faced lie: it cuts a staggering $9.2BILLION

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Katherine Clark
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.@HouseGOP’s claim that the #GOPFarmBill doesn’t cut #SNAP is a bald-faced lie: it cuts a staggering $9.2 billion in benefits. And as a result, 265,000 kids will lose access to free school meals. It’s beyond shameful.

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GOP farm bill will be a nightmare for state SNAP programs
New analysis shows the bill would further burden low-income families.
Rebekah Entralgo
May 15, 2018, 2:49 pm


The new GOP farm bill would strike a major blow to state SNAP programs and complicate things for low-income families. (CREDIT: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The House Agriculture Committee farm bill currently snaking its way through the House of Representatives will likely be huge migraine for states, according new analysis from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

According to the CBPP analysis, under the current farm bill, states would have to jump through hoops in order to provide their most vulnerable residents with the means to feed themselves, no doubt impacting low-income families and individuals and making their lives harder than they are already.


The primarily GOP-backed farm bill also unravels nearly two-decades-worth of progress toward streamlining and simplifying SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. States would be required to collect monthly information from 7 million SNAP recipients, detailing how many hours they worked at a job or work program. Currently, most states collect data on a participants’ income only every six months or when a major change occurs that could affect the household’s eligibility, but don’t track small changes in work hours or earnings.

Reporting hours and earnings on a monthly basis could dramatically impact SNAP participants who work low-wage service industry jobs, where workers aren’t entirely in control of their hours. The House farm bill imposes harsh penalties on participants who fail to meet the number of hours required, meaning an individual could be lose SNAP benefits for 12 months if they failed to meet the 20 hour requirement. After a second month of non-compliance, a SNAP participant could lose their access to SNAP for three years.


Trump reportedly won't sign the House farm bill unless it includes work requirements for poor people using the SNAP program. Those work requirements have mostly been proven ineffective. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)


Trump is expected to veto farm bill unless it imposes tough work requirements

Struggling families and individuals will also have to provide more documentation ...............................

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