Gesetzentwurf zur Finanzierung von SNAP bei Schließung im Repräsentantenhaus vorgelegt
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572105-snap-funding-government-shutdown/?tbref=hp
Gesetzentwurf zur Finanzierung von SNAP bei Schließung im Repräsentantenhaus vorgelegt
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572105-snap-funding-government-shutdown/?tbref=hp
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Where it will promptly die on the floor, because it will not include any provisions compelling Democrats to kneel before Mike Johnson, pray to the Lord, repent for any and all alleged sins against the GOP that Johnson can quickly think of, and kiss his feet.
Why would a Republican introduce this? Isn’t her ilk that are tired of people using government benefits such as SNAP? You’d think they’d be happy not to accept government money like a welfare queen.
They can vote after Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
Trump just gave $40B to Argentina.
We need $8B to keep SNAP open.
In short Trump and the GOP don’t give a fuck if poor people eat.
It’s almost like telling the voters to eat a $300 million shit covered ballroom isn’t going to go over well when SNAP benefits end. At least we have immigrant workers and farm subsidies to lower the cost of food right?
Cracks in the GOP senate are starting to show. Constituents are getting pissed at their GOP reps for this Epstein shutdown.
Regardless of who sponsors it, or their motives, I sincerely hope it passes because SNAP needs to be funded. Private food banks cannot meet the need for food insufficiency. The working poor simply have to have this support. It’s impossible to feed their families on the wages that are paid to them, given the huge increase in food prices, unless they result to eating nothing but rice, perhaps. But is this what America is about? We can debate the scope and scale and qualifications for SNAP another time. But for now, get it funded.
Take names, constituents.
I thought the house was being shutdown such that nothing could be introduced
Wow, a Republican caring about the well being of the people they govern? Color me shocked! Although not as shocked as if that rep were a man – I can’t imagine being a woman in politics right now and not counting my blessings
Well, at least *one* republican seems to be conversant enough with history to know that reduced food access is the #1 cause of massive social unrest, which generally doesn’t go well for the people who hold power at the time.
12% of the US population gets some form/amount of SNAP benefits.
If they don’t, people are going to have nothing to lose and nowhere to go.
I am confused. How can they introduce a bill if the government is shut down?
Wait. Thought the house was closed.
No one getting SNAP benefits… this bill will pass. Unless the GOP wants to see people riot. However this may be their plan all along. Push and push and push til people break and then “see! They were violent all along!”
Somebody who knows more about politics please help me understand this: do bills like this, that sound like an obvious “yeah it needs to pass” get turned down because they’re created to “bait” the opposing party? Like, would a bill like this include something wild like “on top of funding SNAP, this bill will also defund all churches and schools nationwide including your mom’s nursing home!”
No, it’s not introduced into the house. She’s just outright lying. Nothing can be introduced unless the house is in session. She published an article on the website with a draft copy of it and claimed it was introduced. Don’t give her credit for performative bullshit.
https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-introduces-legislation-keep-snap-funded-during-government
Compare the draft copy to a bill that is actually introduced to the house.
https://millermeeks.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/millermeeks.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/keep-snap-funded-act-of-2025.pdf
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250915/HR%201107%20Amended.pdf
I thought the house wasn’t doing anything because of the shutdown. Swear in Grijalva first.
Ok, Democrats, repeat after me:
“We agree with our Republican colleagues that SNAP recipients should not go without their benefits and nobody should go hungry. In fact we agree with them so much that we propose a bill amendment which would secure SNAP funding for the next 10 years and reverse those cuts and restrictions that they must have passed by accident.”
It’s already funded. There’s a contingency fund that already exists that has the money. By law it should already be funded. But, well, here we are.
Will not get voted on as that would mean files would havs go be released.
SNAP HAS funding for such an occasion tho. The USDA just doesn’t want to use it
Democrats, let the fucking poor people suffer already. A lot of them are Trump supporters who think their SNAP and ACA are not foodstamps or Obamacare. Make them deal with it being taken away. If they never give you credit for protecting these things, then make them learn what life is like without them.
The stakes are way too high now to constantly be doing the right thing for 0 political capital.
You can help the poor once they vote you into power…
So they will also swear in the woman from Arizona AND release the Epstein Files?
Anyone else notice that this article completely blames the dems for the shut down and refers to Chuck Schumer as the MAJORITY leader????
The house is essentially dissolved now that Mike Johnson refuses to hold sessions, so good luck with that.
How the hell can a bill be presented if Congress is shut down? Let me guess it’s the GOP presenting this bill.
Millions of hungry, desperate people will not be a good thing. You might want to throw in free internet too.
Think Bread and circuses and the downfall of Rome.
I don’t understand how they can introduce bills with the government being shut down and whatnot.
I guarantee this will be a bill loaded with extra bullshit that they KNOW Democrats will not accept ultimately putting them in a situation to point at Democrats and say “SEE! Democrats want you to starve to death and die! It’s THEIR fault this is happening!”
Curious about this. How are they able to introduce new legislation when congress is not in session? Will it just go into a backlog and have no chance of providing any relief during the shutdown? Or is there some other procedural avenue where this could provide some relief?
If the Republicans want to introduce a bill to fund SNAP during the shutdown, that’s a good thing. It’ll be the first thing they’ve actually done to help Americans in 2025.
Republicans deciding not to fund a program that, by design, filters every single dollar of itself back into the system by the end of the month, just goes to show how fiscally fucking STUPID they are. I bet less than 5% of all food stamps ‚roll over‘ into the next month – because some states don’t even support rollover for food stamps.
The rest goes straight back into the economy, without fail.
Oh hey there’s the bandage for the self-inflicted gunshot
House is closed who’s there voting? Not the gop
Very very skeptical about this. Republicans are feeling the heat. This is CNN’s website headline…“Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits“ Would not surprise me if she attaches something to the bill that she knows the dems will not sign off on…Then they can claim…We tried but they turned it down..