Map shows states considering soda SNAP benefits ban
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SNAP benefits are paid on a monthly basis to around 40 million Americans across all U.S. states and territories.
If passed into law, the bill would push 7.6 milion people off Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Cuts and new conditions for SNAP food aid would save $300 billion over ten years. Trump's 2017 tax cuts would be made permanent, costing $2 trillion over the next decade.
Not everyone must work to keep SNAP food benefits. Here's who qualifies for an exemption in through the end of 2025.
The bill, containing expanded work requirements for SNAP and other alterations to the program, passed the House on Thursday morning.
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Congressional Republicans are on the precipice of approving $290 billion in cuts to the largest low-income anti-hunger program in the nation. People who rely on the program, already pressured by food price surges,
A Harrisburg couple was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for defrauding the United States of over $1 million in benefits through the federal Food Stamp
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 172,200 Maine residents, or 12% of the state’s population, were enrolled in SNAP in 2024.
MAZON and the other organizations have been working tirelessly to raise awareness across communities, on social media and in mainstream media of what’s happening in Congress and this critical moment.