Did Congress cook the books to offset the cost of tax cuts for the wealthy?

GOP wants to cut waste. Critics say SNAP exemption could do opposite – msn/WaPost

“‘[The SNAP exemption] doesn’t really change anything. All it means is we get a couple more years before this hits our budgets,’ New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martinez (D) said. ‘… So it’s a shell game that these guys are playing in order to give a huge tax giveaway to their wealthy friends.'”

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