WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill have revised the food benefit cut that was deemed ineligible for their so-called Big Beautiful Bill by the Senate rules referee.
Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), chair of the committee that oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, announced on Tuesday that the Senate parliamentarian had OK’ed the new version.
“This paves the way for important reforms that improve efficiency and management of SNAP while encouraging responsible use of taxpayer dollars,” Boozman said in a release.
Democrats immediately said, however, that they still had a chance to challenge the revised provision and that Republicans were celebrating prematurely.
And then Boozman’s office wound up taking down its triumphant press release, conceding the new version of the proposal had not yet been approved.
