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Official Poverty Line	Results
Whether to raise or lower the official poverty line, a standard used in determining whether people should receive certain benefits	National and By Party	By Demographics

SNAP Benefits (aka ‘food stamps’)	Results
Whether to increase SNAP benefits to individuals living alone	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to increase SNAP benefits to single mothers	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of cookies, cakes and doughnuts	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of chips and snack crackers	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of ice cream	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of sweetened soda	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to provide discounts on fruit and vegetables bought with SNAP benefits	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to keep the current federal limit requiring less than $2,250 in savings to qualify for SNAP benefits	National and By Party	By Demographics

Medicaid	Results
Whether to expand Medicaid (health insurance for people with low incomes), with federal help, into your state	National and By Party	By Demographics

The Minimum Wage	Results
Whether to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to index the minimum wage to inflation	National and By Party	By Demographics

Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC)	Results
Whether to increase the maximum EITC to provide more coverage to low wage workers without children	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to raise the maximum income that low wage workers without children can make and still be eligible for EITC	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to lower the age when workers without children can first get the Earned Income Tax Credit from 25 to 21	National and By Party	By Demographics

Public Housing	Results
Whether to raise or lower the portion of income that public housing tenants pay for rent	National and By Party	By Demographics

Children Living in Poverty	Results
Whether to make pre-kindergarten available to all 4-year-olds in low-income families and expanding the availability of early Head Start programs to more children three and under from low-income families	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to set up a commission to develop a plan to reduce child poverty	National and By Party	By Demographics

Federal Job Creation Programs	Results
Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which states hire workers to repair and renovate public school buildings, requiring $50 billion/year and creating 650,000 jobs	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which states and local governments hire workers for community projecs (e.g. land reclamation, improving energy efficiency, renovations), requiring $30 billion/year and creating 750,000 jobs	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which the US Forest Service employs 16-25 year olds for conservation projects, requiring $250 million/year and creating 100,000 jobs	National and By Party	By Demographics
Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which Head Start and similar programs hire more child-care workers and teachers, requiring $3 billion/year and creating 100,000 jobs	National and By Party	By Demographics

Optional Block Grants to States	Results
Whether to give states the option of receiving federal poverty program funds in the form of block grants for some programs which the states would then administer	National and By Party	By Demographics

Nonpayment of Wages	Results
Whether to penalize government contractors guilty of nonpayment of wages by taking away their right to make bids on future government contracts	National and By Party	By Demographics
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