Greg Murphy voted for the largest SNAP cut in the program's history. It takes $187 billion out of food aid through 2034, about a fifth, a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis shows. The House version passed 215 to 214 on May 22, 2025. Murphy's yes was one it needed. He was a yes again on July 3, 2025, this time on the final law.
The February 2025 budget plan also turned on Murphy's vote; it gave SNAP's committee a $230 billion savings target. Since September 2025, North Carolina's SNAP rolls have shrunk by more than 110,000 people. The state passed the law's new administrative costs to its counties.
Greg Murphy's Votes to Cut SNAP
- Murphy Voted for a Law That Takes $187 Billion From SNAP. Greg Murphy said yes to H.R. 1 when it first reached a House vote on May 22, 2025. It squeaked through 215 to 214, so his vote was decisive. On July 3, 2025, he said yes again, and the final law passed 218 to 214. "The megabill cuts SNAP by $187 billion or about 20 percent by 2034," the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found. No earlier law cut SNAP as deeply. The final law's tougher work rules extend to adults 55 through 64 and to parents whose kids are teens, and it ended the exemptions veterans and homeless people had.
- A $230 Billion Savings Order for SNAP's Committee Passed on Murphy's Deciding Budget Vote. H.Con.Res. 14 cleared the House 217 to 215 on February 25, 2025, with Murphy voting yes. Had he voted no, it would have tied and failed. It instructed the Agriculture Committee, which handles SNAP, to "reduce the deficit by not less than $230,000,000,000". Murphy also voted for the rules that opened House debate on H.R. 1 in May and in July 2025. Passed July 3, 2025 with Murphy's yes, the final law shifts costs to states. From fiscal year 2027, Washington covers just 25 percent of what it costs to run SNAP. Starting in fiscal year 2028, a state with a high payment error rate also pays part of the benefits.
What Greg Murphy's SNAP Votes Cost North Carolina Families and Counties
- North Carolina's SNAP rolls have dropped by more than 110,000 people. North Carolina has lost more than 110,000 SNAP participants since September 2025, NC Health News reported in August 2026. More families now turn to food pantries, and charities say they can cover only a small part of the gap.
- CBPP's June 2025 estimate put 90,000 North Carolinians in two newly covered groups at risk of losing food aid. By the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' June 2025 count, made on a Senate Agriculture Committee draft, 47,000 North Carolina adults between 55 and 64 could lose SNAP in a typical month under its rules. Another 43,000 parents whose youngest child is 14 or older faced the same risk. The final law adopted both expansions.
- North Carolina counties must find $52 million for SNAP's new paperwork costs. North Carolina is one of two states that handed the higher SNAP administrative costs entirely to counties, Ballotpedia News reported. County leaders face about $52 million in added costs, at least for the first year, NC Health News found. "We juggle other things in the budget," Scotland County's manager said. "It can become a burden on our taxpayers."
- North Carolina faces a SNAP benefit bill of about $140 million in fiscal 2028. With its 7.36 percent payment error rate in fiscal 2025, North Carolina would pay roughly $140 million of SNAP benefit costs in fiscal 2028, going by a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimate. That is a 5 percent share of benefit costs, a bill the state has never had to pay before.
Frequently Asked Questions About Greg Murphy on Food Assistance
What is Greg Murphy's record on food assistance under Trump?
Greg Murphy's May 2025 vote was decisive for the bill's House version, and in July his yes went to the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The law cuts SNAP by $187 billion through 2034. Also decisive was his February 2025 budget vote, which told SNAP's committee to find $230 billion. North Carolina's SNAP rolls have since fallen by more than 110,000.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut SNAP?
Greg Murphy did, on May 22 and July 3, 2025. The Congressional Budget Office expects the law's work rules to "reduce participation in SNAP by roughly 2.4 million people in an average month." The same analysis expects states to cut or end benefits for about 300,000 people a month because of the new cost share.
Could the SNAP cut have passed without Greg Murphy?
Greg Murphy's vote was needed twice. The February 25, 2025 budget resolution passed 217 to 215, so a switch by him would have tied it, and a tie fails. The May 22, 2025 House bill passed 215 to 214, so his switch would have defeated it, 214 to 215.
Last updated: 2026-10-27