), and Rep. Al Lawson (D-Fla.) debate a controversial proposal included in the Republican Farm Bill on Wednesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)House Republicans pushed forward Wednesday with a plan to strengthen work requirements for food stamps, even as Democrats excoriated the proposal as an “ideological crusade” that would hurt the poor, burden state governments and endanger the passage of major food and farming legislation. “But I only get five minutes.”The Farm Bill now moves to the House floor, where the acrimony is likely to continue. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has championed the Republican food-stamp plan, which dovetails with his agenda to reform welfare programs. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), meanwhile, said on Wednesday that her party could not support what she called a “radical, harmful bill.”Read more:GOP proposes stricter work requirements for food stamp recipients, a step toward a major overhaul of the social safety netThe Trump administration takes its first big step toward stricter work requirements for food stamps'Blue Apron for food stamps' already exists.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2018 23:11 UTC