A ban food stamps from being used to purchase soda or junk food has failed in the Arkansas House.
The proposal to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to purchase junk foods failed Monday on a 37-29 vote. The ban would have required federal approval for implementation.
Opponents of the measure say the ban would be unfair to SNAP recipients and would cost too much for retailers to enforce. The Arkansas House passed a measure much like this two years ago, but it did never made it past the Senate. Arkansas has more than 360,000 people in SNAP.
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