BREAKING: Trump administration moves to impose stricter work requirements for food stamps
President Donald Trump is attempting to do through executive action what Congress would not: tighten work requirements for the millions of Americans who receive food stamps.
The Department of Agriculture, which runs the food stamp program, unveiled a proposed new rule at Trump's direction on Thursday that restricts states' ability to waive existing work requirements in areas where unemployment rates are higher than the national rate.
The proposed change comes as the president is poised to sign a massive, much-negotiated farm bill that ultimately included no significant changes to food stamps despite backing from the White House.
About 755,000 recipients who qualified for the existing waiver now stand to lose assistance.
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