Greg Murphy voted for a law that hands the best-off tenth of households roughly $13,600 a year. The lowest earners come out behind. Thomson Reuters reported that finding from the Congressional Budget Office. Medicaid and SNAP cuts are a large part of the reason. Murphy cast decisive votes for the bill's House version on May 22, 2025; on July 3 he cast a yes for the final law.
The final law, passed July 3, 2025, also ended a SNAP exemption that homeless people, veterans and former foster youth had from the program's three-month limit. North Carolina's health department confirms the change. Murphy's February 2025 budget vote, which decided the outcome, set a $230 billion savings target for SNAP's committee.
Greg Murphy's Votes on Aid for the Poorest Households
- Murphy Voted for a Law That Pays the Top Tenth $13,600 a Year While the Poorest Lose. Greg Murphy voted yes when the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed, 218 to 214, on July 3, 2025. Seven weeks earlier, his yes had been one of 215 that carried the bill's House version over 214. The richest tenth gains about $13,600 a year from the law, Thomson Reuters reported from a Congressional Budget Office analysis. Households at the bottom lose, chiefly through the health and food aid cuts. Food aid alone drops by $187 billion through 2034, the deepest SNAP cut on record, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' count.
- Murphy's Deciding Budget Vote Set Savings Targets of $880 Billion for Medicaid's Committee and $230 Billion for SNAP's. Murphy voted for H.Con.Res. 14, which the House adopted 217 to 215 on February 25, 2025. His no would have tied it, and a tie fails. The Agriculture Committee, which oversees SNAP, got a savings target of at least $230 billion. The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, got one of at least $880 billion. When the final law cleared on July 3, 2025, with Murphy's vote, it ended the exemptions that had shielded homeless SNAP recipients, veterans and former foster youth from the three-month limit.
What Greg Murphy's Votes Mean for Low-Income and Homeless North Carolinians
- Homeless North Carolinians lost their protection from SNAP's time limit. North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services posts a list of exemptions H.R. 1 ended. Homelessness is on it, along with veteran status and having aged out of foster care. Adults in those groups now lose food aid after three months unless they log work hours.
- SNAP rolls fell by more than 110,000 while a Guilford pantry's demand rose 20 percent. North Carolina's SNAP rolls have fallen by more than 110,000 since September 2025, NC Health News reported. In Guilford County, the nonprofit A Simple Gesture says demand is up 20 percent from a year earlier. Private charity can fill only a small share of what SNAP provided, nonprofits warn.
- 95,200 children in North Carolina's 3rd District depend on Medicaid. Medicaid covered 95,200 children in North Carolina's 3rd District in 2025, KFF counts. They make up more than a third of the district's 266,600 enrollees. Their coverage relies on the federal money the law cuts by $22.5 billion in the state.
- 300,000 more North Carolinians will go without health insurance. KFF projects the law alone leaves 300,000 more North Carolinians uninsured in 2034. The state's uninsured rate climbs 3 points as a result.
Frequently Asked Questions About Greg Murphy on Homelessness and poverty
What is Greg Murphy's record on homelessness and poverty under Trump?
Greg Murphy voted for a 2025 law that steers about $13,600 a year to each of the richest tenth of households while the poorest lose ground, Thomson Reuters reported from Congressional Budget Office figures. It also ended homeless people's exemption from SNAP's time limit. His House bill and February 2025 budget votes were both decisive. North Carolina has 110,000 fewer people on SNAP since September 2025.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut food aid for homeless people?
Greg Murphy did, on July 3, 2025. The law he voted for removed the exemption that kept homeless SNAP recipients from losing benefits after three months without work hours. North Carolina's health department lists homelessness among the exemptions that have ended.
How much do the poorest households lose under the law Greg Murphy voted for?
Greg Murphy's July 2025 vote went to a law under which "the lowest-income earners will lose an average $1,200 in overall household resources," Thomson Reuters reported from the Congressional Budget Office's estimate. A big factor is the law's Medicaid cuts. The top tenth gains $13,600 a year.
Last updated: 2026-10-27