House passes GOP plan for $3. B cut in food stamps. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R- Va., crafted the House bill to cut food stamps by $3.
Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP)Story Highlights. House bill offered by Republican leader doubled the cuts approved by the Agriculture Committee. Democrats, including President Obama, are strongly opposed to the bill. Bill must be reconciled with Senate bill that cuts $4. The House approved a Republican plan Thursday to cut food stamps by $3.
Democrats over the program used by nearly 4. Americans. The House voted 2. House rejected in June. It is also far more than a Senate measure passed earlier this year that would trim about $4. The bill failed to draw the support of a single Democrat, many of whom have said the steep cuts would erode a key safety net depended upon by families with children, seniors, veterans and people looking for work. Fifteen Republicans also voted against the bill. Republicans argued that the bill would restore the program's original eligibility limits and preserve the safety net for the truly needy.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program. In 2015, it helped more than 45 million low-income Americans to.
Food stamps are the most inefficient, vastly expanding social welfare program in the country, according to a new study. Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children).
- The cost of food stamps — officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — has exploded over the past decade. In 2001, the program served 17 million people at a cost of just over $15 billion.
- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people living in the U.S. It is a federal aid program, administered by.
The bill would cause 3 million people to lose benefits while another 8. Congressional Budget Office. The White House threatened Wednesday to veto the bill, calling food stamps one of the . The current law expires on Sept. In June, the House rejected the farm bill in a floor vote that was seen as a major setback to House Speaker John Boehner, R- Ohio. Democrats argued that the cuts in the bill were too severe, and Republicans opposed the bill because of costs they said were still too high.
A few weeks later, the House broke the farm bill into two separate chunks, narrowly approving the subsidy and conservation section but reserving the food stamp portion for later. The cost of food stamps . In 2. 00. 1, the program served 1. By June of this year, there were 4.
Republicans argue that the growth has been fueled by allowing states to waive eligibility requirements, allowing more people to enroll in the program than the law originally intended. The bill originally passed by the House Agriculture Committee would have cut $2. Earlier this week, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R- Va., introduced a new version of the bill that boosts the cuts to nearly $4. The bill does not include new funding for job training. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that under current law, .
Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, told USA TODAY's Capital Download on Thursday that Democrats are not opposed to food stamp cuts. But the first go- round the Republicans' proposed cut was $2. Then they passed an amendment that was $3. And now that still isn't good enough for the Tea Partiers. Now we're at $4. 0 billion. What they're saying is that in America it's OK for people to go hungry. The Senate will never pass such hateful, punitive legislation.