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By Alan Jaffe Republican and Democratic leaders have either downplayed or overstated the estimated impact of the House reconciliation bill on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that because of work requirements in the bill, 3.2 million people would lose all of their SNAP benefits…
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Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP
By Alan Jaffe Republican and Democratic leaders have either downplayed or overstated the estimated impact of the House reconciliation bill on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that because of work requirements in the bill, 3.2 million people would lose all of their SNAP benefits…