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Soda companies resist MAHA effort to cut them out of food stamps

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a government program designed to help low-income individuals afford food by supplementing household grocery budgets.

The program has expanded from 17 million beneficiaries under Bill Clinton to 42 million today .

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 Trump tax priorities.

House Democratic leadership plans to hold a hearing on Tuesday on the “ Republican scheme to cut SNAP” The hearing will include testimonies from people who use the program and how the cuts would affect them.

A spokesperson for the American Beverage Association said banning SNAP recipients from purchasing soda products is a solution in search of a problem.

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