Warren warns of "food insecurity crisis" from SNAP cuts and prices
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse cuts to the food-stamp program as consumers shoulder $22 billion in additional food costs.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse cuts to the food-stamp program as consumers shoulder $22 billion in additional food costs.
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Some families could face an additional $2,200 in food costs this year if their kids lose access to free school meals, according to one estimate.
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Work requirements will encourage people who are able to work to seek and maintain jobs, proponents say. But researchers haven't found that they lower the unemployment rate.
A government funding package signed by President Trump on Wednesday will reopen federal agencies, opening the door for food-stamp recipients to collect their full benefits.
The USDA said it would provide partial food stamp benefits for November, but it's unclear exactly when participants will get those funds.
"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.
With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.
"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.
The Republicans' "big, beautiful" spending and tax law will result in cuts to food stamp benefits for many Americans, experts say.
Older, wealthier Americans would see the biggest lifetime benefit from the Republican budget bill, while younger generations could see losses, a new analysis says.
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Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" movement.
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Children "shouldn't go hungry because they lose access" to school meals, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
