GOP lawmakers have proposed curtailing funding for WIC in the chambers version of the US Department of Agricultures annual spending bill . The legislation could force some families to wait for aid for the first time in years as well as limit their ability to buy fresh fruits and vegetables . It is among the partys latest efforts to cut federal spending by limiting benefits reducing enrollment and adding work requirements to the nations safety net . Toddlers preschoolers and postpartum women would bear the heaviest brunt of the cuts . The House GOP lawmakers will face an even bigger battle reconciling their funding measure with the Senate version which is much more generous when it comes to WIC formally known as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children . In total about . million pregnant and post partum women infants and young kids would either see their food assistance cut or taken away . The Senate version of WIC would be more generous with WIC which is less generous with its funding for the Senate bill which is more generous than the House version of this year’s version . The bill would reduce WIC to $1.2 billion . But advocates for lowincome Americans argue that beefed-up benefit is needed because people have struggled to afford groceries amid the surge in prices in recent years . They argue that it is needed to provide the enhanced fruit and vegetable benefits are needed because of the increase in recent . years. The Senate bill would be needed to serve all eligible applicants and that it would be necessary to provide more nutritious foods. It would be inadequate to provide all eligible states. The legislation would be much more than the Senate. The bill. In recent years. It is likely to keep an eye on the increased benefits. It could force states to keep the
House Republicans aren’t done slashing food assistance and fighting over social issues . House Republicans are
