About 47 million Americans received food stamps last year, but only a
relative few are required to work or look for a job as a condition of
receiving the aid.
Now, House Republicans are considering whether the work requirement should be strengthened as they seek cuts to the $80 billion-a-year program, which has doubled in cost over the last five years. One in seven Americans used the federal food aid last year.
A small group of GOP lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss trimming the program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. One approach discussed in the meeting was a proposal by Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., that would allow – but not require – individual states to test work requirements.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/food-stamp-work-requirements_n_3649357.html
Now, House Republicans are considering whether the work requirement should be strengthened as they seek cuts to the $80 billion-a-year program, which has doubled in cost over the last five years. One in seven Americans used the federal food aid last year.
A small group of GOP lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss trimming the program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. One approach discussed in the meeting was a proposal by Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., that would allow – but not require – individual states to test work requirements.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/food-stamp-work-requirements_n_3649357.html
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