In exchange for Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote, the Senate-passed reconciliation bill buys time for Alaska and a few other states from some of the toughest cuts to food benefits. That exemption, however, isn’t sitting well with some House Republicans.
“I appreciate she’s defending her state but it should be one size fits all, that’s what I think. I mean, if you’re gonna get a carve for a few states, get it for all 50,” Rep. Don Bacon told NOTUS. “When you do different things to different states, I don’t think that goes over well.”
Some Republicans like Bacon who sit on the Agriculture Committee — which helps write food policy for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — said there needs to be consistency in what gets changed in the bill.