Lawmaker wants pop banned from SNAP benefits

Published April 10, 2025 2:03pm ET



(The Center Square) – Pop, soda, Coke – whatever someone might call it in Michigan, they may not be able to buy it with food stamps much longer.

Rep. Brad Paquette, R-Niles, recently introduced a bill that would stop the use of food stamps to buy pop by asking the federal government for a waiver to ban the purchases with SNAP benefits.

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