USDA will appeal order blocking it from purging food stamp recipients
Source: The Hill
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will appeal a court order barring a change to the food stamps program that could remove up to 700,000 recipients, the Associated Press reports.
While the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requires non-disabled adults without dependents to document that they have worked at least 80 hours a month for more than three months, states have the option to waive the requirements for areas with high unemployment rates. The proposed change would do away with this option.
Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, ruled last week that the changes could not take effect, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
“Especially now, as a global pandemic poses widespread health risks, guaranteeing that government officials at both the federal and state levels have flexibility to address the nutritional needs of residents and ensure their well-being through programs like SNAP, is essential,” Howell wrote in her ruling.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/cybersecurity/488359-usda-will-appeal-order-blocking-it-from-purging-food-stamp
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Time to raise taxes, Rethugs. If you don't do it, coronavirus will....eventually.
And if coronavirus doesn't do it, climate change will....eventually.....
