Congress set to battle over food stamps work requirement

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Congress set to battle over food stamps work requirement
by Susan Ferrechio
 | April 09, 2018 12:01 AM

Lawmakers are poised this month to wage a major battle over the House version of the Farm Bill, which will call for work requirements in the federal food stamp program that serves the poor.

The heated partisan fight has stalled the legislation before it has even been introduced.

The normally routine sign-off on the bill by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., hasn’t happened because Democrats are staunchly opposed to Conaway’s plan to add a 20-hour work or job training requirement for some able-bodied recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the formal name for the food stamp program.

“Our side is not going to go for it,” Peterson told a group of reporters recently, describing Democratic opposition to what would essentially amount to welfare reform.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/congress-set-to-battle-over-food-stamps-work-requirement

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Congress set to battle over food stamps work requirement
by Susan Ferrechio
 | April 09, 2018 12:01 AM

Lawmakers are poised this month to wage a major battle over the House version of the Farm Bill, which will call for work requirements in the federal food stamp program that serves the poor.

The heated partisan fight has stalled the legislation before it has even been introduced.

The normally routine sign-off on the bill by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., hasn’t happened because Democrats are staunchly opposed to Conaway’s plan to add a 20-hour work or job training requirement for some able-bodied recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the formal name for the food stamp program.

“Our side is not going to go for it,” Peterson told a group of reporters recently, describing Democratic opposition to what would essentially amount to welfare reform.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/congress-set-to-battle-over-food-stamps-work-requirement

Tying work requirements to a food program, laudable in theory, is a nonstarter in practice. You're just adding another layer in the bureaucracy to keep track of those "able bodied" recipients, whether or not they're putting in their time.

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Some military families are eligible for and receive SNAP benefits.  It’s a shame they need it, but they certainly earn it.

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Tying work requirements to a food program, laudable in theory, is a nonstarter in practice. You're just adding another layer in the bureaucracy to keep track of those "able bodied" recipients, whether or not they're putting in their time.

So, get rid of the program,  you'd be shocked how quickly those people will find work.