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Lawmakers allocate $13 billion to food assistance programs in an effort to alleviate hunger crisis CNBC 12/21/2020 Megan Leonhardt © Provided by CNBC Families line up for supplies during an event organized by Food Bank For New York City at Highbridge Houses in the Bronx on December 19, 2020 in New York. Lawmakers agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package on Sunday, which includes $13 billion in funding to support food assistance programs, at a time when demand and lines at food pantries around the country are reaching record levels.  About 13% of Americans, or 27.4 million people, reported they sometimes or often do not have enough to eat on a weekly basis, according to the latest Household Pulse Survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Dec. 16. About 14 million households with children report not having enough to eat. 

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