Fresh evidence of economic flaws underlying the Trump Administration’s proposed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rule was provided in a testimony given by The Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh at a recent House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing.
Kali Grant, Senior Policy Associate for the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Economic Security & Opportunity Initiative, explains why action must be taken to oppose the proposed rule now.
School districts across the country celebrated National School Breakfast Week (NSBW), March 4-8, 2019, by elevating their breakfast programs and highlighting the importance of students starting their day with a nutritious school breakfast to support their health and learning.
The President’s Groundhog Day Budget came out later than it is due to Congress, and after Groundhog Day, but is no less Groundhog-ish because it was late. Like Phil Connors (aka Bill Murray) in the film Groundhog Day, the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget is caught in a loop, repeating many of the worst ideas from past years when it comes to public policy for low-income Americans.
Sarah Hassmer, Income Security Legal Fellow for the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), further unpacks how the proposed rule would be devastating for women.
