Debt ceiling deal expanded work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
FILE — A grocery store aisle in Lexington, S.C., Aug. 10, 2021. The debt limit agreement includes new work requirements older adults who receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.The claim:"What does a work requirement do? Every study has shown, when you do that, it puts more people to work." — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
On June 2, the Senate passed the debt limit agreement that includes the work requirements and sent the legislation to President Joe Biden, who pledged to sign it.“No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but make no mistake: this bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people,” the president said.
"Research on programs that implemented work requirements in cash welfare recipients in the 1990s showed employment gains consistently," said Angela Rachidi, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
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