Senate Farm Bill Proposal Fails to Address SNAP Cuts Affecting Millions of Low-Income Families
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Ty Jones Cox
Summary
The Senate farm bill proposal by Chair John Boozman fails to address the worsening hunger crisis caused by the 2025 Republican reconciliation law (H.R. 1), which made historic cuts to SNAP. Over 4 million people have already lost SNAP benefits through March, with more expected to lose assistance unless Congress acts to delay the law's shift of SNAP costs to states. The article criticizes policymakers for ignoring the urgent need to protect food assistance for low-income families.
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This law made the deepest cuts to SNAP in history, but the harm unfolding across the country is already far greater than many anticipated, with more than 4 million people losing SNAP through March.
Even more people will lose the vital food assistance they need to afford groceries unless Congress immediately delays H.R. 1's unprecedented shift of significant new SNAP costs to states.
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