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Farm Bill Update from the Food Team
By Jeanie Donovan The US Senate and House Agriculture Committees approved separate versions of a new five-year farm bill and both pieces of legislation include damaging cuts to SNAP (formerly the Food...
View ArticleIn Farm Bill Debate, No Clear Path for SNAP
That’s the big question these days for anyone interested in food and nutrition policy. The simple response is “which Farm Bill?” Since the 1970’s federal farm and nutrition policy has been set every 5...
View ArticleMinimize the Impact of the Hunger Cliff
By Jeanie Donovan This Friday every household participating in SNAP will see their monthly benefits go down. A family of four will have $36 less each month in their grocery budget. A senior couple on...
View ArticleIn Shroud of Secrecy, Senate Will Not Make Health Care Repeal Bill Much Less...
The U.S. Senate plans to vote on a health care repeal bill next week that has been crafted in secret. The Senate inherited a terrible bill (American Health Care Act, AHCA) from the House... The post...
View ArticleHelp Stop Health Care Repeal: Call Your Senators Now
We finally know what’s in the secret bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and it’s still bad. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote next week on their disastrous health... The post Help Stop Health...
View ArticleThe U.S. Senate Could End Medicaid As We Know It
CPPP Senior Policy Analyst Stacey Pogue co-wrote this post. It is unclear when the U.S. Senate will vote on its Medicaid cut and repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)... The post The U.S. Senate...
View ArticleOver a Million Texans May Lose Insurance Under Senate Plan
Originally posted by Cover Texas Now. By now, we all know that the CBO report that came out on June 26 estimated that the Senate health care bill (“BCRA”) will increase... The post Over a Million...
View ArticleCornyn and Cruz Let down Texans with Health Repeal Vote
The US Senate narrowly voted to proceed with the legislative process toward gutting Medicaid and ripping health care away from millions of Americans. We are disappointed that our Texas Senators... The...
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