Thread by @ParrottCBPP

House Republicans have tried to make those who can’t afford food, rent, or health care pawns in their debt-ceiling hostage-taking scheme. @POTUS and members of Congress must not go along.

.@POTUS has repeatedly committed to reject any legislation that increases poverty or would negatively impact people’s health. Now is the moment to deliver on those commitments. #DebtCeiling

The White House & congressional Democrats must hold the line against House Republicans’ harsh & ineffective policies that would take away #TANF income assistance, #SNAP food assistance, and Medicaid from people who don’t meet a work-reporting requirement.

Of the 1M children at risk of losing vital #TANF income support under the House R bill, 500k wld be pushed into - or further into deep poverty (below 50% of the pov line) - w/o that support. 35% of those children are Black; 30% are Latino, 31% are white.

https://twitter.com/Diana_CBPP/status/1661409249032036353

Their #SNAP proposal would put 1 million older people at risk of losing vital help affording enough to eat. And there are reports that House Rs have asked for even harsher changes to the current SNAP work requirements at the negotiating table.

https://twitter.com/TyJonesCox/status/1660763208628486146

Let’s be honest: these proposals aren’t about increasing employment or addressing deficits; they are attacks on those who can’t afford the basics & face the most barriers to opportunity. Their well-being should not be ransom.

30 years of evidence have demonstrated that red-tape laden “work requirements” are a failure. They do not increase employment, but they do drastically increase hardship for communities and families. @POTUS & Congress must reject them.