Michigan House Rep. Tonya Myers Phillips found the money and she wants it spent ASAP.
Her primary bill would allocate $900 million in emergency SNAP aid to cover lost federal funds and keep the program running for two months.
“It’s proposed to take those funds from lapse work projects, which means money that was allocated and it didn’t get spent… so it is available and there’s also a directive in my bill for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to seek reimbursement because policies may change,” Myers Phillips said.
$900 Million Just “Found”? Lansing lawmakers say they’ve uncovered nearly a billion in unspent taxpayer funds — money that was “allocated but never used.” Where has it been hiding?
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