# Has ALEC issued a standard-form Junk Bill law?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-alec-issued-a-standard-form-junk-bill-law/718464>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 24, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-alec-issued-a-standard-form-junk-bill-law/718464 "2015-04-24T18:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-alec-issued-a-standard-form-junk-bill-law/718464/1 "2015-04-24T18:44:07Z")

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Lately it seems that states have been calling for bans on using food stamps for “junk food”

It just hit the news that Maine’s Republican governor le Page wants to ban using food stamps for junk food.

> **[Maine Governor Wants To Ban Buying Junk Food With Food Stamps](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-lepage-food-stamps_n_7134902)**
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> Maine Governor Wants To Ban Buying Junk Food With Food Stamps

This comes on the heels of Kansas passing such a bill earlier this month:

[http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/06/3643185/kansas-welfare-limits/](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/06/3643185/kansas-welfare-limits/)

And a Missouri Bill this month would not only ban “junk food”, but valso seafood and steak, thereby banning some arguably healthy food, too

> **[Missouri Bill Bans Buying Lobster, Steak With Food Stamps](https://www.dailysignal.com/2015/04/15/missouri-welfare-reform-bill-would-ban-buying-lobster-steak-with-food-stamps/)**
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> Is this reasonable?

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There had been prior efforts, including a national one a year and a half ago

> **[GOP bill would ban using food stamp funds on junk food](https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/gop-bill-would-ban-using-food-stamp-funds-on-junk-food--215158768.html;_ylt=A0LEV1X7izpVqLkAOMVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTExcjZhcGFzBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVUlDMV8xBHNlYwNzcg--)**
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> Newly proposed legislation in Congress would ban recipients of food stamps from buying junk food.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-alec-issued-a-standard-form-junk-bill-law/718464/2 "2015-04-24T19:19:34Z")

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The election season is under way. Time to fire up the Welfare Queens!