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In 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 [[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.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/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>

In 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 [[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.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/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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