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Debt limit deal offers wins for both parties on SNAP work rules

05/28/23 6:38 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Dusty Johnson farm bill Joe Biden Kevin McCarthy nutrition assistance SNAP SNAP work requirements Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

House Republicans who have been struggling unsuccessfully for years to tighten work rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program scored a win in the debt limit negotiations that would expand the requirements to people in their early 50s, but President Joe Biden also won key new exemptions for veterans and people who are homeless.


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