GOP Plans Anti-Hunger Spending Rollback to Cover Trump Agenda

May 12, 2025, 11:35 PM UTC

Republicans plan to slash federal nutrition assistance for low-income individuals and update a host of farm bill programs under the House Agriculture Committee’s portion of a sweeping package paying for President Donald Trump’s tax cut and immigration enforcement plans.

  • States would front Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit costs for the first time—between 5% and 25%— beginning fiscal year 2028
  • Bill would expand work requirements for certain individuals to age 64, up from 54, and limit president’s ability to increase SNAP benefits
  • Proposal would rescind billions of dollars for climate-conscious agriculture from the Inflation Reduction Act
  • Republican leadership tasked committee with ...

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