By Howard Fischer | AZ Capitol Times
As federal courts wrestle over funding food stamp programs, one Arizona lawmaker is preparing legislation to further restrict what can be bought with them.
And while Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, acknowledges that there already are limits on benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — tobacco and alcohol for example — he says the whole purpose of the federally funded program, by its very name, is to supplement nutrition. For that reason, he wants to build a program that mirrors one used by pregnant women, new mothers and their offspring in the Women, Infants, and Children program.
And that list is far narrower than what can be bought with SNAP benefits.
