The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Republican proposal that would shift some food stamp costs from the federal government to the states would violate the chamber’s strict rules. It's another procedural blow to President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut bill. Republicans were counting on savings from cutting back food stamps to help offset the lost revenue from the trillions of dollars of tax breaks in the bill. The GOP leadership is scrambling days before voting on the legislation is expected to begin. Trump wants the package passed into law by the Fourth of July.
