It would also bar states from counting people who receive less than $35 in monthly assistance from TANF in their work participation rate, which GOP Rep. The compromise package would also tighten the current work requirements in the TANF program, primarily by adjusting the work participation rate credits that states can receive for reducing their caseloads. In their debt limit bill passed in late April, House Republicans called for introducing work requirements to Medicaid and for broadening the mandates in food stamps and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs. Republican lawmakers also blasted states for using loopholes to expand enrollment to secure more federal funding and cited a recent Axios-Ipsos poll that showed nearly two-thirds of Americans support work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid. “It is about helping Americans escape poverty, and it’s about growing the economy.” “Republicans have tried to say all along that our belief in, focus on and commitment to work requirements is not about saving a buck,” he said. Johnson also argued that the GOP’s insistence on beefing up work requirements is not about slashing government programs. And they point to multiple studies that show work requirements don’t really help additional people find jobs or increase their income, but instead strip them of much-needed aid. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, who authored a more stringent bill earlier this year to increase work mandates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, the formal name for food stamps.Īdvocates for lower-income Americans, however, say that many people receiving government benefits are already employed. “What we know unimpeachably from the bulk of the evidence is that work requirements, when properly deployed, absolutely help people escape poverty and grow the economy,” said GOP Rep. Obama agreed to $2.1 trillion in spending cuts to end 2011 debt ceiling crisis.
The legislation would also tighten the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year.įrom left, Former US President Barack Obama and former House Speaker John Boehner. Currently, that mandate applies to those ages 18 through 49.īut veterans, people experiencing homelessness and former foster youth of all ages would be exempt under the debt ceiling bill. Under the package, able-bodied adults without dependents who are ages 18 through 54 could get food stamps for only three months out of every three years unless they are employed at least 20 hours a week or meet other criteria until 2030. In a call with reporters, the representatives also challenged the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the package, released Tuesday, that showed enrollment in the food stamps program would increase by 78,000 people in an average month when fully implemented, as well as grow spending by $2.1 billion over the decade.
House Republicans defended their broadening of work requirements for safety net programs in the debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, saying it would help people escape poverty and assist employers looking to hire.
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