Senate GOP unveil long-awaited SNAP proposals for Trump bill

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

06/11/25 11:14 PM ET


Senate Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a suite of proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a key component of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” – but it dials back some of the proposals sought by the House that drew intraparty concerns.

The new legislative text from the Senate would require states to cover some of the cost of SNAP benefits, which are currently completely funded by the federal government, if they have a payment error rate above 6 percent beginning in fiscal 2028, while allowing states with rates below that level to continue paying zero percent.

It also proposes states with higher payment error rates cover a greater share of benefit costs. If the error rate is 6 percent or higher, states would be subject to a sliding scale that could see its share of allotments rise to a range of between 5 percent to 15 percent.

The House, by contrast, called for all states to cover 5 percent of the cost of allotments in its agricultural proposal passed as part of a broader plan to advance Trump’s tax agenda last month, with states that had higher payment error rates having to pay anywhere between 15 to 25 percent. The softened proposal comes as Senate Republicans expressed concerns about how the House pitch would have impacted states.

Read more: https://thehill.com/business/budget/5345756-senate-gop-unveil-snap-proposals-trump-bill/

[nwduke]

1. Meanwhile

The chump is throwing a 45 million dollar party for himself!🤬

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Budget balancing while juggling uncertainties in a flexible allocation scheme

The GOP are not a serious governing party. Any CPA would laugh at such a plan.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. Democrats MUST slow this bill down at all costs.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Those below 5% error rate are Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, S. Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (2023 report).

https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-fy23-qc-payment-error-rate.pdf

Highest was Alaska with 59.59% and New Jersey with 33.48%.

[LauraInLA]

6. Can you explain what payment error rates are? I'm clueless ;).

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Here's what a Google search says.

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/qc/per

The individual state payment error rates measure the accuracy of each state’s eligibility and benefit determinations while the national performance measure or national payment error rate represents the average of these rates, weighted by state caseload sizes. Payment errors include both underpayments and overpayments.

[LauraInLA]

8. Sorry to make you google ;(. I promise I'm not lazy -- you just seemed like you were more knowledgeable.

[Mr.Bee]

5. I've got a Better Idea!

How about we raise the top tax rate to (at least) 70% and fund everything??
When you have to needlessly cut away at government it is a clear indication
there's something wrong with this trickle down system!!