1 Action Lawmakers Could Take to Make Food Stamp Reform Much More Likely

Congressional Republicans could imperil both the welfare reform and the farm bill reform efforts by failing to learn from history and making the same unforced errors they did three years ago.

Next year, Congress is set to consider a comprehensive agriculture bill (aka “farm bill”), as well as reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, aka food stamps), the nation’s largest food assistance program.

Farm bills have long combined agricultural policy with welfare programs that provide food assistance to lower-income Americans.

But conflating two separate policy questions prevents real reform from occurring to either.

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