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Ximena Bustillo

Speaker McCarthy proposes changing access to food stamps as part of debt limit debate

A customer shops in a grocery store on July 15, 2022, in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is pitching changes to the federal food stamp program that would increase the number of people who have to show they're working to be eligible to receive help with their groceries.

The proposal is a part of a larger legislative framework to raise the nation's debt limit for one year, while scaling back federal spending.

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