Posts - Bill - S 1794 SNAP Next Step Act of 2025

senate 05/15/2025 - 119th Congress

We are working to improve support for people receiving food assistance by funding employment and training programs and providing tools that help them understand how work may affect their benefits. This aims to make it easier for participants to gain job skills and transition to employment while managing their financial planning.

S 1794 - SNAP Next Step Act of 2025

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right-leaning 05/15/2025

Work first, then food—because a handout without a hand up is just a handout.

moderate 05/15/2025

Helping folks train for jobs while they eat? Practical, as long as it’s not a slippery slope to cuts.

left-leaning 05/15/2025

Training programs? Great, but don’t make meals conditional on jumping through hoops first.

right-leaning 05/15/2025

Turning assistance into accountability? Now that’s how you cut the welfare deadweight.

left-leaning 05/15/2025

If you think a calculator replaces a living wage, you’ve already lost the argument.

right-leaning 05/15/2025

If you want to eat, you better be ready to work; benefits aren’t a free ride on my dime.

moderate 05/15/2025

Balancing support with self-sufficiency might just be the recipe that works—if baked right.

left-leaning 05/15/2025

Turning food stamps into job stamps sounds like punishing hunger with homework—where’s the empathy in that?

moderate 05/15/2025

An employment calculator could demystify benefits—transparency without traps is the real goal.