Republicans say funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits — formerly known as food stamps — will run out on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Democrats say there’s a contingency fund that could and should continue to fund regular SNAP benefits.
Statistical indicators of President Biden’s four years in office.
In our latest installment of the Project 2025 series, we look at some of the social safety net policy changes sought by Project 2025 and proposed or accomplished by Trump.
Republican and Democratic leaders have either downplayed or overstated the estimated impact of the House reconciliation bill on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that due to work requirements in the bill, 3.2 million people would lose all of their SNAP benefits, which provide financial help to low-income people for groceries.
Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators comes less than three weeks before Election Day.
As Biden enters the final months of his presidency, we look at various statistical measures of what’s happened during his term.
Our latest quarterly look at various statistical measures during Biden’s presidency.
Statistical measures of the economy, immigration, oil production and more since Biden became president.
Our latest update of what’s happened in the U.S. under Biden’s presidency.
A quarterly update of statistical measures of the president’s time in office.