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Senate Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a suite of proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a key component of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” – but it dials back some of the proposals sought by the House that drew intraparty concerns.
Senate Republicans are proposing deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent
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The Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing some notable changes to the controversial food stamp provisions in the House-approved version of Republicans’ megabill.
Under the Senate proposal, states with an error rate equal to or greater than 6% would be required to pay 5 to 15% of food benefit costs for the first time. Only one state has never had an error rate above 6% in data back to 2003 (the beginning of the current SNAP sanction system).
The Senate has been signaling changes to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" are coming, and as Congress barrels toward its deadline, those changes are taking shape.
The Senate Agriculture Committee developed a reconciliation plan similar to the House version passed last month, but with a scaled-back state cost-share for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and less restrictive work requirements for parents of school-age kids.
The Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation bill would allow some states to avoid paying for part of the anti-hunger program and includes roughly $70
U.S. Senate Republicans will propose more moderate changes to the major federal food assistance program than their House counterparts, Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman said Wednesday, detailin
Two aspects of a sweeping bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda that alarmed veterans and military family advocates have been watered down by Senate Republicans.
Republicans on the Senate Ag Committee are seeking to scale back the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts proposed in the House’s sweeping budget reconciliation bill.