A political cartoon published in November 2013 shows House Republicans standing on a bridge while an elephant figure points to the area below. The elephant states that one side under the bridge is for the poor and the other side is saved for the middle class. A family holding a sign that reads Food Stamp Cuts sits beneath the left arch of the bridge.

The drawing comments on negotiations over the farm bill that year. House Republicans sought to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by roughly $40 billion over a decade. Supporters of the reductions said the changes would encourage employment and limit long-term dependency. Opponents argued the cuts would remove benefits from millions of low-income households at a time when unemployment remained elevated after the recession.

The Washington Monument appears in the background, signaling the national scope of the debate. The cartoon uses the bridge structure to illustrate how the proposed policy would leave some Americans in a less favorable position. The visual appeared as Congress considered separate versions of the farm bill in the House and Senate.

The image highlights the partisan divide over social safety net programs. House Republicans ultimately passed a version with deep SNAP reductions that did not become law in that form. The final farm bill enacted in 2014 included smaller cuts to the program than the House had proposed.