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Next week: GOP tests the waters on food stamps work requirement

By Susan Ferrechio
Published May 12, 2018 1:00pm ET
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Next week: GOP tests the waters on food stamps work requirement
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C, center, Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., right, and other conservative Republicans discuss their goal of obstructing the Affordable Care Act as part of a strategy to pass legislation to fund the government, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19. | (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Welfare reform faces a critical test in Congress next week when the House considers legislation that would bolster work requirements for food stamp recipients.

The reforms are included in the 2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act, an $867 billion bill authorizing farm programs as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, for the next five years.

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