The '''Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program''' or '''SNAP''' formerly known as '''Food Stamps''' are part of a Federal government program, is run by the [[Department of Agriculture]] (USDA), designed are intended to help lower low-income earners individuals and families supplement their nutritional [[nutrition]]al budgets. The are issued on an [[EBT]] card/ However, they are often abused by those unwilling to work. This can be illustrated in the case when the state of [[Georgia]] added a work requirement to its food stamp program and thousands of people stopped using the program,<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/25/thousands-drop-off-food-stamp-rolls-georgia-state-implements-work-requirements/ Thousands Drop off Food Stamp Rolls in Georgia After State Implements Work Requirements]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 26, 2017.</ref> or in the 13 counties in [[Alabama]] that reinstated work requirements and saw an 85% decrease in food stamps.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (June 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/06/thirteen-alabama-counties-showed-85-percent-decrease-in-food-stamp-enrollment-after-work-requirements-were-reinstated/ 13 Alabama Counties Showed 85% Decrease in Food Stamps After Work Requirements Were Reinstated]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> States that added work requirements to their food stamp programs saw drops in the number of people using them.<ref>Hickey, Jennifer G. (July 4, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/04/food-stamp-rolls-plummet-in-states-that-restore-work-requirements.html Food stamp rolls plummet in states that restore work requirements]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 4, 2017.</ref> In 2017, [[Tennessee]] also reinstated its work requirements for food stamp recipients without disabilities.<ref>Rodriquez, Katherine (September 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/19/tennessee-reinstates-work-requirements-able-bodied-food-stamp-recipients/ Tennessee Reinstates Work Requirements for Able-Bodied Food Stamp Recipients]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 19, 2017.</ref> On the other hand, California had a waiver approved to allow it to be exempt 95% of its counties from work requirements.<ref>Moran, Sean (August 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/19/exclusive-california-waiver-loophole-food-stamp-work-requirements/ Exclusive–California Waiver Loophole Exempts 95% of Counties from Food Stamp Work Requirements]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 19, 2018.</ref>
Further informationIn September 2018, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] urged colleagues on the Farm Bill House-Senate Conference Committee to include work requirements for food stamp recipients: "We're simply asking these adults to meet the taxpayer halfway." The farm bill sets agriculture policy for five years though the [http[United States Constitution]] says that a current Congress cannot commit spending to a future Congress. The Senate is resisting the work requirements related to the popular Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Abraham said that the committee "is very close on every issue except SNAP reforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fnsshreveporttimes.usda.govcom/fspstory/ USDA websitenews/2018/09/06/congressman-abraham-pushes-food-stamp-work-requirements-farm-bill/1211001002/|title=Abraham pushes food stamp work requirements in Farm Bill|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 6, 2018|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}</ref>
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