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FRAC Condemns House Vote to Slash SNAP and Other Vital Low-Income Programs

The bill passed on May 10 includes a nearly $36 billion cut to SNAP. No SNAP household would be spared from seeing its benefits reduced, and millions would be forced out of the program. More…

Take Action on the Farm Bill – Contact Your Members of Congress

Message: Strengthen and Protect SNAP. Urge your Senators and Representatives to oppose any proposals that would change SNAP’s structure or reduce funding, restrict eligibility or reduce benefits. Congress should strengthen, not weaken SNAP, including the President’s proposal to restore the cut in the ARRA boost.

About the FRAC Action Council

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Senate Agriculture Committee Passes 2012 Farm Bill
The bill includes a $4.49 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by limiting states’ ability to operate “Heat and Eat” policies . More….

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow Releases 2012 Farm Bill Mark
Includes a $4 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by limiting states’ ability to operate “Heat and Eat” policies. This cut would mean less food in the refrigerator for already hungry families. More…

FRAC Decries House Agriculture Committee Vote to Slash SNAP
The cuts – more than $33 billion – spare no household from seeing its benefits reduced and that would result in millions of low-income people being forced out of the program. More…

Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Releases report, Lifeline for Families, Support for the Economy: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Congress Members Support LIHEAP
Many Americans, struggling financially during this period of high employment and a sluggish economy, are finding themselves forced to choose between paying for food or paying for energy. More…

Senate defeated Cat-El Amendment
The amendment would have eliminated categorical eligibility for SNAP. Such a cut would have taken 1 million needy people from more than 40 states out of the SNAP program, taken free school breakfast and lunch away from 200,000 low-income children, increased hunger among children and seniors alike, and vastly increased state administrative costs and red tape. More…