House GOP Battles Over Major Cuts To Food Stamps

Politico reports:

House Republicans are preparing one of the largest overhauls to the country’s largest anti-hunger programs in decades, with a plan to limit future increases to benefits, implement new work requirements and push costs to states in a move that risks millions of low-income Americans being removed from the program.

The Agriculture bill has faced delays since last recess amid centrist backlash over the deep food aid spending cuts. But GOP leaders are targeting a markup for next week, May 13 or 14, after deciding late last week to push back this week’s expected meeting.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden walked out of an Agriculture panel GOP briefing last week over the matter, slinging an insult at staff before he left. Van Orden also stood up in the closed-door House GOP conference meeting to raise concerns about the reworked cost-share proposal, arguing his state was being unfairly penalized. California Rep. Doug LaMalfa later stood up and reiterated the panel needs to reach $230 billion in cuts.

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Republicans’ reconciliation bill would gut SNAP & increase food insecurity in the #MA7 & nationwide.

I asked my GOP colleagues if any of them are willing to vote NO and make sure that children, people with disabilities, & veterans don’t go hungry.

Their silence was deafening. pic.twitter.com/gvdkFbcyml

— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 1, 2025