Elizabeth Butler crosses from a supermarket to the next in his home town of Martinsburg, West Virginia, to ensure that he gets the best price on each food list.
With 42 million Americans, she pays those foods with federal food. This cash does not cover the entire account for your family of three.
“Our food doesn’t even last the moon,” she says. “I’m going to all these different places just to make sure we have enough food to pass us last month.”
But that money can take advantage soon, as Congress has violated to vote on what American President Donald Trump has abolished his “big beautiful account”.
The food subsidy program used by MS Butler – called an additional dietary assistance program, is usually known as a coating block, because Congress tries to reconcile the president of the appointment of appointments and taxes and balanced budget.
The Senate should vote on his version of the bill by the end of the week. If he passes, she will be in the house, in which point he will be sent to Trump to sign. He pressed both Congress Chambers, which controls Republican Parties, to bring a proposal to law until 4. July.
Snap offers low-income households, including older Americans, families with children and people who are disabled, money every month to buy groceries. In West Virginia, one of the countries with the highest poverty rates, 16% of the population depends on the benefit.
The state is also reliable republican and voted indirectly for Trump in November, when he ran on a promise to reduce the cost of living Americans, including the price of groceries.
“When I win, I’ll get prices immediately, starting with the day,” he told the August Conference surrounded by packaged food, milk, meat and eggs.
Months after the president made it lied, prices usually buys groceries like orange juice, eggs and bacon are greater than they were the same time last year.
The fact is that MS Butler did not light: “The President had not changed food prices yet and promised people to do it.”
Trump claimed, without providing an explanation of the cost of 1,000 pages to bring about food prices: because the prices are below, “said Trump to question,” said foods are said specifically.
“One, a large, beautiful account will eventually strengthen the skip measures for sharing costs and common conditions for work,” said Belgrade official said BBC.
Republicans have long been divided in social protection programs such as Snap and Medicaid. While many believe that the government should have priorities with balancing budget, others, especially in impoverished regions, support programs that directly help their voters.
As accounts for bills, Senate Republicans propose $ 211 billion ($ 154 billion) in reducing countries that are partially responsible for making a difference.
Theoretically, the law of law should be a political elevator, because Republicans control both congress and white houses.
But since the account includes a reduction in programs like Snap and Medicaid, who are popular with everyday Americans, who sell an account in all fractions in the Republic of the Republic was not an easy feat.
Reports of private frustration and disagreements on potential reductions of Medicaid and Snap leaked in recent weeks, showing that internal wrestling happens in a foreigner.
West Virginia Senator Jim Justice said in June that he warned that it was republican to comply with the cutting in Congress when voters reiterated again at the polls 2026. Years.
“If we don’t care, people will hurt, people will be upset. It will be number one in night news everywhere,” Justice said. “And then we could wake up very well in a situation in this country where most quickly becomes a minority.”
Recent survey by Associated Press / Norc Center for Public Job Research Detected that 45% of Americans think that food assistance programs were insufficiently failed, while only 30% believe that funding levels are adequate levels. About a quarter of the respondents, the thought programs are excessive.
This is not the first time that the party was fighting with Snap cuts, the roof lane said, a professor in Richmond, who is currently writing a book on the political history of Snap.
According to the administration Biden, the Congress is allowed to extended advantages implemented during consultation to insertDespite both Republicans and Democrats, the Americans could starve.
“One thing [SNAP] It is that there are bipartic support, more than any other anti-poverty program, “said Prof. roof on the BBC.
But this time she feels different, she said.
“One thing that differs from previous efforts to reduce social protection programs was the willingness of congress republicans to vote for things that many of them obviously exclude the record of taking a lot about it to take care of it.”
“Before, there was always moderate republicans, especially in the Senate, but in both houses that were presents for concessions.”
Prof. roof roofs to submit two things: fear of the wrong side Trump and lack of fear of public background for representing congress seats can easily choose.
The BBC contacted the Riley Moore congressman, representing Martinsburg, West Virgium, about the impacts of interruption in his voters, but did not answer.
Moore voted for the initial account for the initial house, which included cuts to Snap.
Senator Missouri Josh Hawley, who was one of several messengers cuts, from softened: Hawley said that Hawley Outlet Eutlot Nosus “always supported” most of the MEDICAID and he would “be in a row.”
The father of two Jordan, who asked her to use his last name, spent the last three years survivors of rupture fees.
He and his wife get about $ 700 a month to feed her family of four, but still fighting.
A 26-year-old says his wife struggled to find and take care of their two children at the same time, so if the match changes affect his family, he was ready to act and get another job.
“I’ll make sure I can do everything I can feed my family,” he says.
He and the other Western Virginians follow what happens to the Congress account.
Cameron Whetzel, 25, grew up in the family dependent on the shooting. But when he and his wife tried to apply for Snap, he learned that he earned $ 15 for an hour to qualify, he said.
“It’s not a great fact that I have to double my salary so I can afford the groceries,” says Mr. Whetzel, adding “we didn’t buy any eggs in four months, because they’re too expensive.”
It is frustrated that officials in Washington do not understand the influences of the cuts supported in Congress, he says.
“In order to be federally, he will then put on a state that is already fighting just seems like hiding while down,” Mr. Whetzel adds. “Whether you believe in a small government or great government, somehow it must provide someone to someone.”
Video Meiiing Vu, with additional reporting from Bernd Debusmann Jr.
