Political Coffee 12-17-25: 20 hours a week to work and get food stamps? US House votes on bill to lower Obamacare premiums by 11%, 98% SNAP fraud is out of state, Ethics probe in fake union lobbying, hit piece on Bethell

Able boded adults must now work 20 hrs per week to keep getting food stamps: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/12/able-bodied-adults-must-work-or-lose-food-stamps-under-new-federal-rules-that-affect-37000-oregonians.html 

US House votes today on healthcare bill that CBO says lowers ObamaCare premiums by 11%: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/16/cbo-house-republican-healthcare-bill-saves-35-billion-lowers-obamacare-premiums-by-11-percent/ 

98% of SNAP/cash fraud is out of state and could be easily stopped: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/majority-oregon-snap-cash-benefit-fraud-happens-out-of-state/283-4f788388-0f03-480d-b43c-9f8b21cf0ec1 

OR Ethics probe in fake union lobbying: https://oregoncatalyst.com/93152-ethics-probe-union-fake-grassroots-lobbying.html 

Hit piece on Danielle Bethell: who initiated the ethics complaint? https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/16/county-commissioner-and-gop-candidate-in-oregon-governors-race-faces-ethics-investigation/ 

Some DMV fees still going up: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ballot-challenge-halted-some-oregon-car-fee-hikes-but-not-all/283-75b4f6d1-ffe3-4bb3-8437-f20842b96709 

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