SNAP, Texas
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SNAP, Trump and Federal food assistance payments
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The Texas Tribune on MSN
Feds ordered to pay for SNAP as millions of Texans face cuts during government shutdown
It’s not clear how soon assistance could reach people and the rulings could be appealed, The Associated Press reported.
FOX 26 Houston on MSN
Potential SNAP benefit delay could heighten growing hunger crisis in Texas
The potential SNAP benefit delay could increase growing hunger crisis in Texas, a state which has the highest population of food insecure people in the U.S.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is the country’s largest anti-hunger program. Teixeira argued that the ongoing government shutdown is “exposing serious problems” in the program, which is set to expire on Friday.
2don MSN
Texas Sen. John Cornyn backs bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdown as cutoff nears
Texas, offered a pointed analogy Wednesday when asked about Democrats blaming President Donald Trump for the impending cutoff of federal nutrition assistance due to the government shutdown. Cornyn compared Democrats to the proverbial kid who murders his parents,
The ongoing shutdown means more than $600M per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump that money into the state economy.