By Ryan Hanrahan
Agri-Pulse’s Philip Brasher and Rebekah Alvey reported that “House GOP leaders overcame Republican objections to Senate provisions on SNAP, rural hospitals and other issues to clear President Donald Trump’s massive spending and tax package, including a historic infusion of new farm program funding.”
“The bill, which passed 218-214 after a long night of drama, will provide $66 billion in new spending for farm programs while extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the 45Z biofuels tax credit. It will be the largest amount of new funding for farm programs since 2002,” Brasher and Alvey reported. “Trump is expected to sign the bill on Friday.”
“The 870-page measure, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill, will set a new precedent for agricultural policy by paying for increased spending for farmers by cutting nutrition assistance,” Brasher and Alvey reported. “The bill will cut spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by an estimated $186 billion over 10 years, in part by expanding work requirements to adults as old as 64 and to parents of school-age children. States will also for the first time be required to start sharing the cost of SNAP benefits.”
Source : illinois.edu