Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Can Catholic bishops work with the Biden administration?
By Thomas Reese — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Reports suggest that the US bishops are ready to wage war on the new administration, but there are many areas where the bishops' and Biden's agendas converge.
The lesson of the loaves and fishes — lost on the House Agriculture Committee
By James H. Willis — April 24, 2018
(RNS) — The hoarding of the nation's abundance comes at a cost.
Religious advocates fast monthly in protest of budget cuts
By Emma Kinery — August 18, 2017
(USA Today) — The group, organized by Bread for the World, which advocates for government food aid, intends to continue a monthly fast until the budget is finalized.
COMMENTARY: Cuts to food stamps flout the gospel message
By David Beckmann — December 12, 2013
(RNS) Remarkably, at a time when one in four Americans say they have struggled to put food on the table, Congress has chosen to slash one of the most effective anti-hunger programs in the country, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps.
Catholics differ at “war on poverty” hearing
By Corrie Mitchell — July 31, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) At a House Budget committee hearing on Wednesday (July 31), the two prominent Catholics -- Rep. Paul Ryan, R. Wis., and Sister Simone Campbell -- had a chance to square off as the sister testified before Ryan’s committee about hardship in America as the nation nears the 50th anniversary of President Johnson’s 1964 declaration of the “War on Poverty.”
Religious groups blast GOP budget proposal
By Tracy Gordon — March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious groups are mobilizing against a proposed budget released Tuesday by House GOP leaders, saying it makes unfair cuts in social programs while lowering tax rates for wealthy Americans. By Annalisa Musarra.
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