The Republican Study Committeeā€™s annual budget also calls to permanently defund UNRWA and eliminate the National Labor Relations Board.

On Wednesday, theĀ Republican Study Committee, of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members, released its 2025 budget entitled ā€œFiscal Sanity to Save America.ā€ Tucked away in the 180-page austerity manifesto is a block of text concerned with a crucial priority for the party: ensuring children arenā€™t being fed at school.

Eight states offer all students, regardless of household income, free school meals ā€” and more states are trending in the direction. But while people across the country move to feed school children, congressional Republicans are looking to stop the cause.

The budget ā€”Ā co-signed by more than 170 House Republicans ā€”Ā calls to eliminate ā€œthe Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) from the School Lunch Program.ā€ The CEP, the Republicans note, ā€œallows certain schools to provide free school lunches regardless of the individual eligibility of each student.ā€

ā€œAdditionally,ā€ the Republicans continue, ā€œthe RSC Budget would limit spending in the program to truly needy households.ā€

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    Children donā€™t vote, and parents of children that canā€™t afford to pay for school lunches canā€™t donate, or find the hours needed to vote during a work day.