Food Stamps Could Buy Hot Chicken Under New Bipartisan Bill

‘It is just plain common sense to allow SNAP participants to purchase a rotisserie chicken with their benefits,’ Rep. Rick Crawford said.

A hot rotisserie chicken in Niles, Ill., in an undated file photograph. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Members of Congress from both parties want to let people on the federal food stamp program buy hot rotisserie chickens with their benefits.

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) and 17 other members of the House of Representatives on April 22 introduced legislation that would amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and make clear that benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, could be used to buy hot rotisserie chicken.