Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown. SNAP, WIC and child tax credit help women, children and families—when they have funding.
We shouldn’t have to beg lawmakers to provide funding for programs that have proven to reduce hunger, improve birth outcomes, reduce infant mortality, and promote healthy growth and child development. But we will if we must.
But what has been minimized by some as merely a political temper tantrum will also have a deep and scarring impact on the 40 million Americans facing hunger.We just went through this. A mere three months ago, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally agreed on ato lift the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic economic situation. But in order to agree to this compromise, House Republicans demanded that the U.S.
to illustrate that when our leaders target those who they deem as undeserving of help, we move backwards as a country.The debt ceiling bill imposed caps on federal spending, which have exacerbated advocates’about funding levels for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children .
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