Refuse to support a Farm Bill unless it at least delays SNAP cost shifts for states and counties.

Charles E. Schumer · New York · Democratic

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Occurrences

Schumer announced he will not support a Farm Bill unless it at least delays the SNAP cost shift for states and counties.

Schumer committed to withholding support from a Farm Bill unless it at least delays SNAP cost shifts to states and counties.

AS DEVASTATING GOP SNAP CUTS ARE SET TO SHIFT COST OF CRITICAL FOOD ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND COUNTIES AND INCREASE HUNGER, SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO DELAY SNAP COST SHIFTS TO SAVE ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES COUNTY BUDGETS FROM FOOTING A $5.6 MILLION BILL EVERY YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR DEVASTATING FOOD CUTS
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Evidence

Congress.gov lists H.R.7567 as the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. Sponsor Glenn Thompson introduced it on February 13, 2026; the latest action is referral to the House Committee on Agriculture; the tracker status is Introduced, with no House passage, Senate passage, or enactment shown.

The current farm-bill vehicle remains introduced in the House and has not reached Schumer for a Senate vote or support decision during the lookback window.

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H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
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The enacted H.R.1 text created SNAP matching-fund requirements: beginning in fiscal year 2028, states with payment error rates of at least 6 percent owe a state share of SNAP allotment costs, with delayed implementation to fiscal year 2029 or 2030 for certain high-error states. It also reduced the federal administrative-cost share from 50 percent through fiscal year 2026 to 25 percent starting fiscal year 2027.

Related SNAP cost shifts were enacted outside a farm bill, and the law itself includes delayed start dates for some cost shifts. This does not prove Schumer has supported a farm bill that violates the pledge.

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Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
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On July 1, 2025, the Senate vote on final passage of H.R.1, as amended, was 50 yeas and 50 nays, with the Vice President voting yea. The roll call lists Schumer (D-NY) as Nay.

Schumer refused to support the related reconciliation bill that enacted SNAP cost shifts, but this was not a farm bill; it is concrete related opposition rather than final delivery of the farm-bill-specific commitment.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 372, 119th Congress, 1st Session
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The Senate roll-call index shows H.R.1 floor activity on June 30 and July 1, 2025, including a Schumer motion to commit H.R.1 to the Committee on Finance with instructions, which was rejected 47-53, and final passage of H.R.1, as amended, on July 1.

The record shows Schumer took concrete floor action against the related reconciliation package, but there is still no Senate farm-bill vote testing the exact promise.

unresolved same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session (2025)
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Assessments

unresolved unknown A for effort

The exact promise is farm-bill-specific: Schumer pledged not to support a Farm Bill unless it at least delayed SNAP cost shifts for states and counties. The cited 2026 farm-bill vehicle remained introduced and had not passed the House, reached the Senate, or created a Schumer support/refusal decision. Schumer did oppose the related H.R.1 reconciliation bill that enacted SNAP cost shifts, including voting nay and making a floor motion, so there is related effort, but it does not resolve whether he kept the specific Farm Bill condition.

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