{"id":1466,"date":"2017-06-13T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/13\/perdue-to-sell-trumps-massive-cuts-to-snap-and-critical-agriculture-programs-before-congress\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:02:00","slug":"perdue-to-sell-trumps-massive-cuts-to-snap-and-critical-agriculture-programs-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/perdue-to-sell-trumps-massive-cuts-to-snap-and-critical-agriculture-programs-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Perdue to Sell Trump\u2019s Massive Cuts to SNAP and Critical Agriculture Programs Before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* 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style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<\/span><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">As Secretary Sonny Perdue prepares to testify before Congress on Trump&rsquo;s Department of Agriculture budget, here is a look at some of the many devastating cuts this budget makes to critical programs like SNAP that many working families depend on: <\/span><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<\/span><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump&rsquo;s budget would cut USDA&rsquo;s budget by $46.54 billion over the next ten years. <\/span><\/b><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/usa-budget-agriculture-idINL1N1IP1SL\"><span style=\"color:blue\">Reuters:<\/span><\/a> &ldquo;U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump&rsquo;s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a fresh threat to a struggling farm economy.&nbsp; The White House on Monday proposed $46.54 billion in cuts to federal government funding for the agriculture sector over the next 10 years, including limits on federal subsidies for crop insurance premiums.&rdquo;<\/span><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<\/span><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">SNAP <\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">would<span style=\"background:white\"> be cut by more than 25% making it harder for some families to put food on the table. <\/span><\/span><\/b><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2017\/05\/23\/529685787\/congress-and-farmers-are-shocked-by-proposed-usda-cuts\"><span style=\"color:blue\">NPR:<\/span><\/a> &ldquo;The impact of those cuts, however, is dwarfed by proposed restrictions on the SNAP program, which helps the poor buy food. 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