Trump Administration Proposes SNAP Rule Cutting 6.3 Million Recipients
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Trump Administration Proposes SNAP Rule Cutting 6.3 Million Recipients
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Summary
A new Agriculture Department proposal would tighten SNAP eligibility by targeting a policy that lets states extend benefits to people who qualify for other assistance, potentially removing 6.3 million people.
The move would deepen an existing rollback: SNAP enrollment has already fallen by more than 5 million, to about 36 million, since cuts enacted in last summer’s Republican tax-and-spending law.
Anti-hunger advocates said the change would hit the working poor hardest, including people holding two or three jobs but still earning too little to cover food costs.
The proposal still faces an uncertain path to enactment as Democrats, set to take commanding House and Senate majorities after campaigning on affordability, say they will try to delay or reverse such cuts.