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Congress debates rotisserie chicken and if it should be covered by food stamps

A bipartisan group of US senators is pushing for a change to government food assistance, proposing that supermarket rotisserie chickens become an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.

The senators have introduced what they are calling the "Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act," which aims to update rules for the program, formerly known as food stamps. SNAP currently excludes hot, prepared foods.

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