In total, at least 78,000 people would gain access SNAP benefits per month, which is a .2% increase, the CBO wrote. Over weeks of fraught negotiations, many GOP members opposed additional public benefit spending, seeking to bolster the work requirements required to access some benefits. In February, the GOP House Budget Committee signaled that they wanted to limit public spending on SNAP. Through May, members of the America First caucus urged McCarthy to reject any deal that did not expand work requirements for public benefits. The bill raises the age for work requirements from 49 to 54.

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Persons: —, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, McCarthy, Meredith Lee Hill Organizations: Service, Office, SNAP, CBO, GOP, Committee, America, NBC News