How, pray tell, can these magic cards your talking about (regardless of whatever 4 letter acronym you say a state can choose to assign to it) discriminate against how the money distributed from them is used???
Do they have ATM's in the rental office that only lets you give the money to the landloard?
Do they have ATM's at the electric company that only let you pay your electric bill??
Of course not. The funds are distributed from a EBT card AS CASH. Period.
The argument, if you read the article, is that these poor folk don't live near banks, but they live near tittie bars and liquor stores that just so happen to have ATM's in them, and the House wants to pass a bill that calls bullsh.it on that notion.
They are still going to be able to buy booze and check out titties instead of paying their bills if they choose - it's just going to be a little more inconvenient.