Figure 1

CBO SNAP Spending Projections Are $257 Billion Higher Than Pre-Biden Estimates

Billions of Dollars

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Source: CBO Budget and Economic Outlook Reports from January 2016, January 2017, April 2018, January 2019, January 2020, February 2021, May 2022, February 2023, February 2024, and January 2025

Note: Tables used were CBO's Baseline Projections of Mandatory Outlays for SNAP. Data from 2015-2024 for Historical Spending used "Actual" outlays for the year preceding the report.