Oh SNAP! 10 Amendments That Slash Access to Food Stamps

A rundown of proposed cuts to the food stamp program.

Food Fight - If you think cutting $20.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is bad, consider the following proposed amendments. If passed, they will make it more difficult for many more Americans than the 20 million already at risk of going hungry to have access to the much-needed benefit.  —Joyce Jones (Photo: Dennis Wall/Orlando Sentinel/ MCT /LANDOV)

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Food Fight - If you think cutting $20.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is bad, consider the following proposed amendments. If passed, they will make it more difficult for many more Americans than the 20 million already at risk of going hungry to have access to the much-needed benefit.  —Joyce Jones (Photo: Dennis Wall/Orlando Sentinel/ MCT /LANDOV)

He Went There - "Most House Rs agree w/ most Senate Rs and Americans. Trusting Obama w/ border security is like trusting Bill Clinton w/ your daughter #tcot," tweeted Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a Tea Party Republican. (Photo: Courtesy of Tim Huelskamp) 

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Get to Work - Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) has sponsored an amendment that would add stricter new work requirements for food stamp recipients, including supervised job searches.  (Photo: Courtesy of Tim Huelskamp)

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Drug Testing - An amendment proposed by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina) would allow states to require food stamp recipients to take a drug test. (Photo: Ron Wurzer/Getty Images)

Food Stamp Registry - Republicans oppose a national gun registry, but Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania) is proposing that the FDA create a public, online database of food purchases made with food stamps. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Food Stamp Registry - Republicans oppose a national gun registry, but Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania) is proposing that the FDA create a public, online database of food purchases made with food stamps. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

ID, Please - West Virginia Rep. David McKinley's proposed amendment would require SNAP participants to present photo ID when buying groceries with food stamps. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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ID, Please - West Virginia Rep. David McKinley's proposed amendment would require SNAP participants to present photo ID when buying groceries with food stamps. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Figure It Out - An amendment from Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) would eliminate funding for nutrition education funding, which teaches families how to create a healthy diet on a limited budget. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) also has proposed an amendment that would cut nutrition education. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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Figure It Out - An amendment from Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) would eliminate funding for nutrition education funding, which teaches families how to create a healthy diet on a limited budget. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) also has proposed an amendment that would cut nutrition education. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Did the Laws Work By Curbing Any Fraud? - The absence of massive problems might mean the laws worked as intended, or it might mean nothing at all. Primary voters often are fully engaged in the political process, and their numbers are relatively small compared with general elections. The laws could have a different effect in November, when larger numbers of people could show up at polls without ID. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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The Past Will Follow - Rep. Austin Scott (R-Georgia) has offered an amendment that would prohibit anyone convicted of a drug-related felony or felony robbery from being eligible for SNAP. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Missouri) in her amendment includes convicted rapists, pedophiles and murderers. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit - The Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit provides an average tax cut of about $800. The president would like Congress to expand the credit to workers who do not have children, including non-custodial parents. The administration believes this will "provide a more meaningful work incentive." (Photo: Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)

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Let States Decide - Another amendment from Huelskamp would turn SNAP into a block grant program, which would enable states to use the money however they please. (Photo: Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)

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Cutting Ties - Currently, people who are eligible for home heating assistance also qualify for food stamps. An amendment from California Rep. Doug LaMalfa would end that. (Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

Eat Like It's 2008 - An amendment from South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney would double the proposed $20 million cut in the food stamp program, reducing spending to 2008 levels. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Eat Like It's 2008 - An amendment from South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney would double the proposed $20 million cut in the food stamp program, reducing spending to 2008 levels. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Texas Republican Rep. Louis Gohmert has offered an amendment that would end the food stamp program entirely. (Photo: Courtesy of Louis Gohmert)

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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Texas Republican Rep. Louis Gohmert has offered an amendment that would end the food stamp program entirely. (Photo: Courtesy of Louis Gohmert)