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The Trump Admin is raising families’ costs by: ▶ Imposing high tariffs that cost fams w/ low incomes $1k/year ▶ Refusing to prevent a spike in health care premiums for more than 20M ppl ▶ Refusing to help more than 40M ppl afford groceries in Nov by using #SNAP reserve funds
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"They are families w/ children. They are seniors. They are ppl with disabilities. They are veterans." Watch @ParrottCBPP explains who is at risk of losing #SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if the Trump Admin doesn't act quickly to use SNAP's contingency reserves:
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Enhancements to premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension. More from @GidLukens:
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If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension.
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Trump Administration has taken multiple affirmative steps to raise--not lower--families' costs including some over the last month:
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Window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans is open for almost all states, and open enrollment is days away. Millions of marketplace enrollees are seeing 2026 premiums spike due to expiring premium tax credits. See our paper with state-level estimates: https://t.co/pIhkxO2Lxk
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WATCH: @ParrottCBPP explains who will be impacted if the Trump Admin doesn’t use #SNAP’s contingency reserves for benefits & what steps the Admin should take to ensure that families have food assistance benefits to use at the beginning of November.
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The “limitations” on those multi-year SNAP contingency reserves are that they’re “for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations.” Perhaps they should use them to…carry out SNAP program operations?
Asked Vice President Vance about bipartisan calls to use $5B in contingency funding for expiring SNAP benefits “We’re trying to keep as much open as possible, and we're exploring all options. There are limitations on all these funds. There are limitations on how you can use them”
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Watch @ParrottCBPP @CenterOnBudget explain what the Trump Administration should do to help families afford groceries & why there is no good excuse not to use SNAP contingency reserves. Millions face losing SNAP benefits https://t.co/dkfK5Dr3HN via @YouTube
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The enhanced premium tax credits were part of Joe Biden’s 2019 health care plan and a 2019 leading House bill. They were a goal of mainstream Democratic health care policy before COVID. Receipts below
No, it wasn’t intended to just be ‘for COVID.’ It was extended as part of the Inflation Reduction Act through this year, with the hope Democrats would be able to make it permanent, possibly as part of a deal with the expiring tax hikes…
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Theatrics don’t feed the hungry, but the billions of available dollars USDA is sitting on sure would.
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The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
Let’s be clear: when the government shuts down, it’s not politicians who suffer — it’s seniors, children, veterans, and vulnerable families who pay the price. This is not a theoretical critique. It’s real life, and it’s happening right now. Yet Democrats have voted 12 times to
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The Trump Admin claims that #SNAP benefits aren't available for November 2025 b/c SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” This stands in opposition to the law & prior practice, including by the Admin itself.
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The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
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"Legitimate"
NEW: Speaker Johnson says he backs Trump admin plans not to tap emergency funds for SNAP food aid “I got a summary of the whole legal analysis, and it certainly looks legitimate to me." WH says 42 million will miss food aid starting Sat https://t.co/Up8SRaaaMx via @politico
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It couldn't be clearer. The Trump Administration MUST use contingency reserves for SNAP benefits during the shutdown. It is the law & precedent. The Administration's choice treats people like political pawns rather than people who simply need help affording groceries.
The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to: ▪️The plain language of the law ▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan ▪️Guidance from prior Administrations We have the receipts:
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The Administration has the $$ and must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the US who need SNAP to afford their groceries.
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The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
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Huge premium spikes in Connecticut, which opened window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans. Because of expiring tax credit enhancements, a typical 60-year-old couple making $85,000 is facing an additional $37,100 annually for benchmark coverage. (1/4)
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Trump officials discussed how to possibly avert 40 million Americans losing food aid in Nov - incl pulling $ from other programs Among the problems, officials worried the GOP-controlled Congress was unlikely to vote to backfill child nutrition programs https://t.co/QWX7Ml0Tgv
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The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to: ▪️The plain language of the law ▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan ▪️Guidance from prior Administrations We have the receipts:
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The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
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In Illinois, window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans is now open. Because of expiring premium tax credit enhancements, a typical 60-year-old couple making $85,000 will have to pay an additional $23,700 annually for benchmark coverage. (1/4)
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"Insists Republicans do have a plan to address looming health care cliff & held up binders + books of previous GOP health care proposals, including an RSC framework" My @CenterOnBudget colleagues analyzed that RSC framework: https://t.co/Xz6HiJIDK5
Some toplines from Johnson -Says they’re evaluating whether to bring the House back on a “day to day” basis, but argues Republicans doing some of “the most meaningful work of their careers” back home right now -Agrees w/ USDA’s assessment that a SNAP contingency fund cannot be
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The bottom line is that the Trump Administration is refusing to use SNAP contingency reserves to help low-income families afford groceries next month, even though USDA's own (now-deleted) shutdown plan called for doing so & they are legally required to.
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Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency...
Trump officials discussed how to possibly avert 40 million Americans losing food aid in Nov - incl pulling $ from other programs Among the problems, officials worried the GOP-controlled Congress was unlikely to vote to backfill child nutrition programs https://t.co/QWX7Ml0Tgv
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