Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tag: SNAP

GOP’s $4.5 trillion tax giveaway: Slashing Medicaid and food stamps to...

House Republicans propose massive tax cuts for billionaires while gutting Medicaid, food assistance, and student loan programs, sparking outrage from lawmakers and advocacy groups.

Biden announces actions to address the growing hunger crisis facing 29...

Biden's actions are described as "equitable emergency economic relief" that would "help Americans persevere through the pandemic," according to a White House statement.

Judge vacates Trump SNAP rule that would remove thousands off food...

The proposed rule change by the USDA “radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice, leaving States scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for tens of thousands of Americans.”

Despite surging need amid pandemic, GOP moves to roll back SNAP...

“SNAP delivered. Like it always does.”

‘Unconscionable’: Amid coronavirus crisis, Trump moves to take food stamps from...

"It's going to cause harm both to the people who are eligible for SNAP, but it's also going to cause harm for the economy."

Trump administration moves closer to food stamp changes threatening free meals...

This week, President Donald Trump's proposal of changes to the food stamp program, that could result in over a half-million students losing...

‘Mass starvation plan:’ Trump USDA to push work requirements for food...

"This regulation blatantly ignores the bipartisan farm bill that the president is signing today and disregards over 20 years of history giving states flexibility to request waivers based on local job conditions."

House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not...

"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."

Trump’s proposed budget slashes SNAP funding and ends recipients’ ability to...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, will no longer be in monetary form and instead recipients will receive "USDA Foods package."

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