Work requirements for food stamps on the table as GOP eyes spending cuts

Spending reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often referred to as food stamps, could be on the table to pay for a major fiscal overhaul passed through reconciliation. Here’s what that might mean.

Republicans plan to pass the fiscal bill in question, one that extends expiring provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and includes other tax priorities of President Donald Trump, through budget reconciliation, a legislative process that allows bills to bypass the filibuster and pass with only a simple majority in the Senate.