Americans propose to reduce the well -being in the “big beautiful bill” Trump “

Elizabeth Batler moves from one supermarket to the next in his hometown Martinsburg, West Virginia to make sure she will receive the best price on each item in her product list.

Along with 42 million Americans she pays for these products with federal food. These cash does not cover the entire bill for her family of three.

“Our food does not even last a month,” she says. “I go to all these different places to make sure we have enough food to serve us a whole month.”

But this money can soon end when Congress is preparing for the vote for the fact that US President Donald Trump has come up with his “big beautiful bill”.

The Nutrition Subsidation program used by Ms Batler – named an additional nutrition help program, is commonly known as SNAP – is one of the many subjects on the cut block because Congress tries to coordinate the seemingly conflicting claims of the president both reduce taxes and balance the budget.

The Senate must vote for its version of the bill by the end of the week. If it passes, it will be voted at home, and at that moment it will be sent to Trump. He put pressure on both Chambers of Congress, which manages the Republican Party to adopt the bill by July 4.

SNAP offers low -income households, including elderly Americans, families with children and people who disabled each month to buy products. In West Virginia, one of the states with the most poverty, 16% of the population depends on the benefits.

The state is also a reliable republican support and predominantly voted for Trump in November, when it made a promise to reduce the cost of living for Americans, including the cost of products.

“When I win, I will immediately destroy the prices starting from the first day,” he said at the August press conference surrounded by packed food, milk, meat and eggs.

A few months after the president made this pledge, the prices for usually purchased foods such as orange juice, eggs and bacon, higher than at the same time last year.

This is the fact that Ms Batler did not go unnoticed: “The president has not yet changed food prices, and he promised people to do it.”

Trump claimed not to explain how to reduce the cost of the budget by 1000 pages to reduce food prices: “The cut will give everyone much more food, because the prices go down, the groceries are reduced,” Trump said specifically about Snap.

“One, a big, beautiful bill will eventually strengthen Snap through the cost distribution and the requirements for common sense,” said the BBC White House official.

Republicans have long been divided into how to fund social security programs such as SNAP and Medicaid. While many believe that the government should prefer the budget balance, others, especially in impoverished regions, support programs that directly help their voters.

As the bill, Republicans Senate offer $ 211 billion (£ 154 billion) in reduction, and the states are partly responsible for making a difference.

Theoretically, the adoption of the bill should be a simple political rise, as the Republicans control both congress houses and the White House.

But since the bill includes cuts in programs such as SNAP and Medicaid, which are popular with everyday Americans, the sale of the bill to all the fiction in the Republican Party was not a simple feat.

In recent weeks, reports of private disappointment and disagreement regarding potential Medicaid and Snap’s potential cuts showed, showing that the internal struggle is happening within the party.

Western Virginia Senator Jim Justice said Politico in June that he warned republican colleagues that the cutting could cost the party in Congress when voters go to the 2026 elections.

“If we do not see, people will suffer, people will be upset. This will be the thing # 1 in the night news,” Justice said. “And then we could wake up very well to the situation in this country, where most quickly becomes a minority.”

Last survey of the Associated Press/NORC research center poll It turned out that 45% of Americans believe that food programs such as SNAP are under -financed, but only 30% believe that the funding level is sufficient. About a quarter of the respondents found programs.

This is not the first time the party struggled with cuts, said Rufus, Professor Richmond, who is currently writing a book about Snap’s political history.

According to Biden Administration Congress allowed extended benefits implemented during COVID be in stagesDespite the fact that Republicans and Democrats who warn that Americans can starve.

“One about (SNAP) is that it has two-party support, more than any other program against poverty,” said Professor Dike BBC.

But this time she feels different, she said.

“One thing that distinguishes this period from the previous efforts to reduce the social protection programs is the readiness of the Republicans Congress to vote for things that many of them are apparently concerned,” she said. “Previously, moderate Republicans, especially in the Senate, have always been, but in both houses that were held for concessions.”

It attributes this submission to the two things: the fear of getting on the other side of Trump and the lack of fear of a public reaction for representatives occupying places in Congress, they can easily re -elect.

The BBC contacted Congressman Riley Moore, representing Martinsburg, Western Virginia, about the impact of reduction on his constituents, but he did not respond.

Moore voted for the original home bill that included cuts to go.

Missouri’s Senator Josh Hawley, who was one of the most vocal critics, has since softened: Houley told The News Outlet Notus that “most supported” Medicaid, and it will be “good” with most of what is in the bill.

The father of two Jordan, who asked for his last name, spent the last three years, surviving Snap.

He and his wife receive about $ 700 a month to feed their family of four, but they are still fighting.

The 26-year-old guy says his wife fights for work and take care of his two children at the same time, so when the changes to influence his family, he is ready to act and get a second job.

“I’m going to make sure I can do my best to feed my family,” he says.

He and other western Virgins monitor what is happening with the bill in Congress.

Cameron Whitzel, 25, grew up in a family dependent on Snap. But when he and his wife tried to apply for Snap, he learned that earning $ 15 an hour was too much to qualify, he said.

“It’s not very much that I need to double the salary to be able to afford the products,” said Mr. Witzel, adding that “we didn’t buy eggs in four months because they are too expensive.”

He is disappointed that the officials in Washington do not understand the consequences they support in Congress, he said.

“To make a federal incision that will then be put into a state that is already fighting it, it just feels that the horse’s feet is up while it is down,” says Mr. Witzel. “Do you believe in a small government or a large government, the government must somehow provide someone.”

With additional reporting Bernd Debusmann JR