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Senate defeats SNAP reserve amendment amid ICE funding push

4/23/2026

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Senate rejected Senator Ben Ray Luján’s SNAP reserve fund amendment, losing 47-50 votes.
Senators Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan broke with their party to back a Democratic grocery-cost proposal.
Luján warned $187 billion SNAP cuts worsen the nation’s affordability crisis.
Committee Chairman John Boozman said the amendment would only alter budget resolution and lack force, as Republicans push the resolution to fund ICE and Border Patrol after Democrats blocked ICE funding.

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Senate rejected Senator Ben Ray Luján’s SNAP reserve fund amendment, losing 47-50 votes.
Senators Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan broke with their party to back a Democratic grocery-cost proposal.
Luján warned $187 billion SNAP cuts worsen the nation’s affordability crisis.
Committee Chairman John Boozman said the amendment would only alter budget resolution and lack force, as Republicans push the resolution to fund ICE and Border Patrol after Democrats blocked ICE funding.