People shop for food at a store in New York City that advertises that it accepts SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps. AdvertisementThough news of the program’s potential elimination has been largely overlooked due to the billions in cuts proposed to the entire SNAP program, McCartney said it will have sweeping effects. AdvertisementRepublicans have pushed for massive cuts to the overall SNAP program by arguing that its expenses have unjustifiably ballooned in recent years, despite enrollment only minimally rising. Colorado State University Extension teacher Jackie Lopez, right, shows students how to make a fruit salad during a SNAP-Ed food nutrition class in Denver, Colorado, in 2014. It assists far fewer people than the SNAP-Ed program, according to figures posted online.
