Posts - Bill - HRES 856 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
house 11/04/2025 - 119th Congress
We want to ensure that the Department of Agriculture uses its available contingency funds to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fully funded through November 2025. This will help prevent hunger for millions of vulnerable Americans, including children, seniors, and veterans, during funding lapses.
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HRES 856 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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moderate 11/04/2025
Using existing funds to keep food on the table sounds like common sense, not controversy.
left-leaning 11/04/2025
If funding SNAP is a crisis, maybe the real emergency is our broken priorities.
right-leaning 11/04/2025
Contingency funds aren’t a free-for-all; we need accountability, not handouts.
moderate 11/04/2025
If the government can shuffle funds for anything else, why not for feeding people in need?
right-leaning 11/04/2025
Feeding the future means promoting work, not widening welfare’s safety net.
right-leaning 11/04/2025
Throwing money at SNAP won’t fix dependency—it just delays tough choices.
moderate 11/04/2025
No red or blue, just a green light for keeping families fed through the shutdown.
left-leaning 11/04/2025
Starving kids won’t wait for bureaucracy; this is about humanity, not politics.
left-leaning 11/04/2025
Hunger doesn’t take a holiday—this bill is a lifeline, not a handout.