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Figure showing the change in the number of SNAP participants between November 2023 and November 2025.

Preliminary USDA data show about 700,000 fewer low-income people received SNAP benefits in November vs. October, another huge one-month drop. This likely reflects disruption from the shutdown & the Republican megabill (H.R. 1)'s unprecedented SNAP cuts starting to take effect.

Speaking of policy choices: Next week, the House Agriculture Committee will mark up a farm bill that does nothing to address H.R. 1's devastating SNAP cuts as more & more low-income families lose the basic food assistance they need to afford groceries.

Given that USDA just happened to post SNAP caseload data that's typically released on Friday afternoons on a Tuesday morning ahead of the State of the Union, a reminder👇

You were right @Katie_Bergh! "Lifted" is being used to describe taking food assistance from families, children, and veterans thanks to the $187 billion cut to SNAP and other harmful policy decisions.

H.R. 1’s SNAP cuts have already resulted in hundreds of thousands of low-income people losing the food assistance they need to afford groceries. This farm bill proposal would make further misguided policy changes while ignoring the urgent need to address this harm.

Proposed Farm Bill Ignores Unfolding Food Assistance Crisis No one should go hungry in a nation with as many resources as ours, and the farm bill presents a critical opportunity for Congress to reduce food insecurity by restoring and strengthening SNAP, our na...

With even deeper cuts on the horizon from HR 1, the top priority for any farm bill should be to restore & strengthen #SNAP. Today’s farm bill proposal fails to address this urgent need. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

The House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill ignores the needs of low-income people struggling to afford the rising cost of groceries, many of whom are already losing food assistance under the harmful Republican megabill’s (HR 1) unprecedented #SNAP cuts. This is unacceptable.

After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance at #SuperBowlLX, everyone’s talking about #PuertoRico. But here’s what many might not know about how federal policy affects the territory 🧵👇

Republican Megabill Trades Essential Support to Low-Income People for Skewed Tax Cuts The sprawling megabill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump in July 2025 will redistribute trillions of dollars upward over the next decade, making it harder for ...

The harmful Republican megabill redistributes trillions of dollars to the wealthiest households, while making it harder for families and communities with low and moderate incomes to afford food, health care, and other basic needs. More from @brendanvduke.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

📢@Katie_Bergh "Many of the Trump Administration’s policies are making it harder for low-income families to afford basic needs. As more people lose SNAP in the coming months due to the megabill's deep cuts, these affordability challenges will only get worse."

Too many people have fallen victim to the fed gov’ts violent immigration enforcement & too many families and communities have been forever harmed by the dragnet

In the wake of another horrific shooting death in MN by federal immigration officers -on top of wrongful detentions, violence, & fear there & across the country- it is appropriate for the Senate to use the budget process to push for critical protections for people & communities.

🎯 How much states will be required to pay for SNAP benefits is based on administrative errors identified from October 2024 to September 2026. HR 1 passed in July 2025 and guidance from USDA came months later. Not a lot of time.

NGA Joins Coalition Letter Outlining SNAP Recommendations (Download) The Honorable Mike JohnsonSpeakerU.S. House of Representatives The Honorable Hakeem JeffriesMinority LeaderU.S. House of Representatives The Honorable John ThuneMajority LeaderU.S. Senate T...

Today, NGA joined a coalition of orgs representing state and local agencies in sending a letter to Congress to request the inclusion of targeted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) provisions in the anticipated January Continuing Resolution. Read it here: www.nga.org/advocacy-com...

This “affordability” framework for a second reconciliation bill (i.e. a “Second Big Beautiful Bill”) follows the same structure as its predecessor:

1.)Making it harder for Americans to afford health care, food & groceries.

2.)Tax cuts for rich people. 🧵

New analysis: Recent circumstances outside of states’ control are driving up the costs states will face under the Republican megabill, putting food assistance for low-income families at serious risk if Congress fails to act. See the impact in your state:

Taking Away Food Assistance Puts the Trump Administration on the Wrong Side of History The Trump Administration became so determined to deny people their SNAP benefits that it fought all the way to the Supreme Court, even though the funds were available and it had the legal authority to...

My recent commentary on #SNAP

www.cbpp.org/research/foo... Taking Away Food Assistance Puts the Trump Administration on the Wrong Side of History

By moving to rescind the Biden Admin’s #PublicCharge rule, which largely restored long-standing policy after courts blocked a harmful rule put forward in the first Trump rule, the Administration is reigniting fear and confusion among people who are immigrants and their families.

NEWS (?):

The formula that USDA has asked states to use to get to 50 percent of SNAP benefits *does not produce a number that is 50 percent of benefits* for any family that has net income.

Illustrative example below.

www.fns.usda.gov/snap/benefit...

New data from @CenterOnBudget shows USDA cutting families' SNAP benefits far more than necessary.⤵️

Families are already making tough decisions on how to make do with less resources to purchase food, skipping meals and choosing which bills not to pay; this Administration must stop making excuses and dragging their heels and do what is legally required and right.

And now this statement is causing further chaos & suggesting the Administration still won’t do that bare minimum.

Quick recap: 2 federal judges have ruled that the Administration is required to spend a $5B+ contingency fund & they could also transfer $ to issue full benefits. USDA has already given states notice to deliver partial benefits, the bare minimum. Millions of people are waiting…

At every step this Administration has chosen to make it harder for people to get the help they need to afford food.

It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.

This scramble is the result of the Administration’s failure to follow the law, do basic planning & use all available options. Millions of children, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, parents, and workers in communities across the country are paying the price.

The Administration should provide full funding and tell states to disburse full benefits. Barring a change of Admin plans or a new court order today, however, states need to take on this challenge and act swiftly to get families partial benefits quickly.

The Admin’s excuse for not transferring funds—that it would harm child nutrition (CN) programs—doesn’t hold up. Transfers don't raise overall costs or spending. There's no reason Congress couldn’t or wouldn’t ensure full CN funding, as has always happened on a bipartisan basis.

Providing full benefits would ensure that low-income families receive the full amount they need to afford groceries. Because it’s far more straightforward for states to issue full benefits, it would also mean that these families would get their benefits faster.

But this bare minimum isn’t enough. The Administration should be using its legal authority to quickly transfer additional funds to deliver full November nutrition assistance. The courts and the Administration agree that they have both the available funds and authority to do this.