House GOP leaders hope to move a fiscal 2018 budget agreement that aims to cut $10 billion by tightening work requirements on food stamp recipients, but House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway says he intends to “recycle” any such savings back into the program.

 

Budget Chairman Diane Black, R-Tenn., who will releases the budget blueprint on Tuesday, has faced stiff resistance from some conservatives who want deeper cuts in food stamps and other welfare programs.

 

Conaway, R-Texas, has declined to reveal the size of the proposed reduction in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, citing an agreement with Black. But other sources have confirmed the number.

 

It’s unlikely that the Senate would agree to a $10 billion cut in SNAP and may oppose any reduction in the program. But Black has been under heavy pressure from conservatives to include cuts in mandatory spending programs, including SNAP, totaling at least $200 billion.

 

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