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The federal House Agriculture Committee approved the bill that allocates $50 million for the PAN and excludes the transition to SNAP

In the course of the vote, which ended at midnight on Thursday, partisan divisions between Democrats and Republicans surfaced

May 23, 2024 - 3:24 PM

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Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. (The Associated Press)

By José A. Delgado

Corresponsal de El Nuevo Día en Washington D. C.jose.delgado@gfrmedia.com

On a party-line vote (29-25), the House Agriculture Committee approved at midnight Thursday the farm bill reauthorization bill that allocates an additional $50 million annually for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (PAN), but excludes a transition process to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).