Top Democrat questions ‘special treatment’ for Alaska, Hawaii in GOP SNAP proposal

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only two states should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal dollars for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming years.

As part of a major package being considered in the Senate to advance President Trump’s tax priorities, Republicans also include a major change that would require some states to cover a share of SNAP benefit costs, which...