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Sanders leads fight against 'obscene' Trump plan to cut food stamp access
SabrinaSiddiqui
Thu 8 Aug 2019
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The 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is leading a coalition of 19 senators and 120 US representatives in demanding that Donald Trump’s administration rescind a proposed rule that would dramatically limit access to food stamps for low-income families.
The letter, which was spearheaded by Sanders and the Alabama Representative Teri Sewell, characterized the USDA’s new rule as “disastrous”.
Sanders and Sewell also partnered together last year to highlight a United Nations report on extreme poverty, which found the United States was unique among developed countries in allowing for the persistence of hunger and deprivation.
The USDA has insisted its proposed changes to the food stamps program are intended to save money and eradicate what the department claims is widespread abuse of the program. In the letter, the members of Congress stated that the Trump administration’s argument is “simply not true”.
Reducing income inequality has been a centerpiece of Sanders’ campaign. The Vermont senator has pushed for raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, free college tuition and championed the single-payer healthcare proposal Medicare-for-All.
Appearing at a presidential forum on poverty and racism in June, Sanders reiterated his call for a “political revolution” to spur change.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/08/bernie-sanders-trump-food-stamp-snap
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https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-sewell-130-lawmakers-call-for-reversal-of-trump-plan-to-cut-nutrition-aid-to-3-million-americans
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