SNAP emerges as flashpoint in shutdown fight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the Democratic whip, said Wednesday. Democrats are pointing specifically to the Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill," the massive package of tax cuts and spending priorities that GOP leaders muscled through Congress and into law over the summer.
48% : The battle over food stamps has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the fierce partisan clash over government spending.
43% : Much of the Democratic criticism of that bill has focused on the hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts featured in the legislation.
27% : But with SNAP benefits under threat during the shutdown, Democrats are now highlighting the law's steep SNAP cuts, which the Congressional Budget Office has estimated to be $186 billion over the next decade. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said Trump and Republicans "literally stole this money from the mouths of hungry children, seniors, veterans and families" in order to help cover the cost of providing tax cuts to wealthy GOP supporters.

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