(The Center Square) – A stalled congressional effort to update the nation’s five-year Farm Bill hinges on a disagreement over how to calculate food stamp benefits for 42.1 million Americans.

In a letter sent to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged him to rework the current proposal so that a 2021 update that raised monthly allowances in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, would remain.