CNN —After clamping down on food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, House Republicans now want to take a whack at WIC, the food assistance program for low-income women, infants and young children. GOP lawmakers have proposed curtailing funding for WIC in the chamber’s version of the US Department of Agriculture’s annual spending bill. They have offered scores of amendments that would slash food assistance more deeply and further the party’s war on certain social issues. WIC fundingThe House legislation would cut WIC – which serves about 6.6 million women, infants and young children – in two ways. In total, about 5.3 million pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young kids would either see their food assistance cut or taken away, Bergh said.

Source: CNN July 31, 2023 17:43 UTC