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Senate Rejects SNAP Funding Restore Amid Border Funding Fight

4/24/2026

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Senators Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan joined Democrats to back a proposal reversing SNAP cuts.
Senate Republicans rejected the Democratic amendment to restore SNAP funding by a 47-50 vote.
Senator Ben Ray Luján moved to waive the Budget Act, but Chairman John Boozman raised a point of order.
Republicans say budget resolution must pass to fund ICE and Border Patrol through 2029, while Democrats have blocked that funding in appropriations.

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Senators Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan joined Democrats to back a proposal reversing SNAP cuts.
Senate Republicans rejected the Democratic amendment to restore SNAP funding by a 47-50 vote.
Senator Ben Ray Luján moved to waive the Budget Act, but Chairman John Boozman raised a point of order.
Republicans say budget resolution must pass to fund ICE and Border Patrol through 2029, while Democrats have blocked that funding in appropriations.