12.20.2012 The House is scheduled to vote tonight on two bills that would slash funding for programs that support low-income families. The first of two votes will be on Speaker Boehner’s “Plan B” – the Speaker’s latest offer in the fiscal cliff negotiations. The bill would extend tax cuts for income up to $1 million. The second vote is on H.R. 6684, the Spending Reduction Act of 2012, offered by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC). This bill would result in deep cute to SNAP, Medicaid, Child Tax Credits, and other programs supporting low-income families.
Background on SNAP Cuts Contained in H.R. 6684:
- Eliminates on Feb. 28., 2013 the SNAP benefit boost contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reducing benefits for all SNAP households
- Eliminates state SNAP coordination with LIHEAP payments
- Restricts the state Categorical Eligibility option to change asset and gross-income tests
- Eliminates the administrative costs sharing to states for certain employment and training programs
- Eliminates indexing for the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program.
- Eliminates state bonuses for effective SNAP operation.
Call 202.225.3121 (capitol switchboard) or email your house member and urge him/her to vote AGAINST Speaker Boehner’s “Plan B” and the Mulvaney amendment, H.R. 6684, the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 – a bill that would drastically cut SNAP and other programs supporting low-income families.
