Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2013 – The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) applauds the House of Representatives for decisively rejecting a Farm Bill that would have harmed millions of struggling people in need of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The committee bill put on the floor would have cost two million low-income individuals their benefits entirely, 210,000 children would have lost their free school meals, and an additional 850,000 households would have seen their benefits cut by an average of $90 a month. Then, amendments adopted on the floor would have added uncounted more low-income people to the bill’s victims.
House Members who voted against this bill because of its awful SNAP provisions have shown they care about the hungriest people in America – children, seniors, working families, unemployed workers, and individuals with disabilities – who are struggling every day to meet their basic needs and to put food on the table,” said FRAC President Jim Weill. “The House did the right thing, and we applaud them for it.”
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see role call for house vote of 195-234
Message and Action Needed: Thank Members of Congress for votes that protected SNAP, including votes against final passage of H.R. 1947 and for the McGovern SNAP restoration amendment.
Check FRAC’s website for links to key roll call votes on H.R. 1947. Roll call votes on H.R. 1947 also are available via on the Thomas site.
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