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In 2025, Congress will consider legislation to extend the expiring provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as address other tax and policy areas, utilizing the partisan reconciliation process. Members are considering making significant cuts to social safety net programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid, to pay for the tax cuts and other provisions in the bill.

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As food prices have increased nationwide, so too has credit card debt—potentially pushing consumers toward even greater financial hardship.

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Arkansas’s 2018–19 Medicaid work requirement program reduced the number of adults with health insurance and had no effect on employment. A similar national policy could have the same result. 

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