Source: The American Prospect
by Emma Janssen
“Going into Tuesday’s markup of Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill,’ House Republicans on the Agriculture Committee were expected to make $230 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food stamp program that’s long been one of the country’s leading anti-poverty initiatives. The actual outcome was even more devastating, with Republicans proposing a massive $300 billion in cuts over the next decade. ‘Every single one of my Republican colleagues here tonight should be ashamed. The instruction to this committee was to find $230 billion in cuts to SNAP, but that wasn’t good enough for the extremists in your party. So tonight, you’re cutting more,’ said Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), the ranking Democrat on the Ag Committee during Tuesday’s markup. SNAP helps 41 million Americans afford food; it cost the federal government around $115 billion in 2023.” (05/15/25)
https://prospect.org/health/2025-05-15-republicans-outdo-themselves-food-stamp-cuts/