Both SNAP and TANF largely cover low income families. About 40 million Americans receive food assistance through that program. With SNAP, people 18 to 49 are generally required to do some kind of work activity. And then there's TANF, which came into being in the 1990s under Clinton administration.
With the debt ceiling deadline approaching, Republicans want to expand rules that require welfare recipients to work. Vox’s Dylan Scott and Marketplace’s Krissy Clark explain.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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