GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin GOP House delegation on board with Trump's big bad budget of cruelty and selfishness

 

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 5/20/2025

Anya van Wagtendonk reports:

Republican members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation back the move, saying it will improve efficiency and save the federal government about $300 billion. But advocates warn the savings will take place on the backs of needy people. 

About 1 in every 8 Wisconsinites, or about 700,000 people, receives food assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Sixty percent of recipient families have children, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive national think tank. 

The proposed SNAP cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bad Bill” would come from imposing a work requirement and by making states shoulder the costs of a program historically covered by the federal government.

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