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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
House Republicans proposed a plan Wednesday for raising the federal debt ceiling that would also expand work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to able-bodied adults as old as 55.
In the coming weeks, House Republicans are pushing the debt ceiling debate front and center and want to include changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements in their proposal. Industry sources say the move could push back an already delayed 2023 farm bill negotiation timeline, while Democratic members see it as a non-starter.
Despite disappointing results in its first year, supporters of a program designed to get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shoppers to buy more low-fat and non-fat milk hope that an expansion of the program will yield better results and lay the groundwork for continued investment in the next farm bill.
House Republicans are targeting SNAP work requirements as they prepare legislation to raise the debt ceiling, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange.
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman says he will only vote in favor of a farm bill that fixes reference prices used in the Price Loss Coverage program.
In this opinion piece, Danny Mintz of Code for America discusses two key changes that Congress can make to the farm bill that would improve access to SNAP and its effectiveness.
Republicans and Democrats are beginning to chart the path of how they want to address food assistance work requirements in the 2023 farm bill discussion at the same time requirements return to pre-pandemic standards in May with the end of the public health emergency.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows Ukraine to export grain from three Odesa ports despite an ongoing war, was renewed on Saturday, but it’s still unclear for how long.
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee reiterated their commitment to passing a new farm bill with strong bipartisan support that will meet the needs of farmers as well as low-income Americans who rely on nutrition assistance programs.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not be cut as part of the farm bill’s reauthorization, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott, D-Ga., vowed at the Agri-Pulse annual Food & Policy Summit Monday.
