Government Shutdown Reaches Day 24
The government shutdown has reached its 24th day with no deal in sight, as the Senate has adjourned for the weekend.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries addressed the potential loss of food aid for millions of Americans under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if the shutdown continues beyond November 1.
The challenge that we confront right now is that Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill are trying to weaponize hunger in order to jam their extreme right-wing policies in their spending bill down the throats of the American people.
Jeffries noted that SNAP has an emergency contingency fund of about $5 billion, which could be used to continue paying benefits, emphasizing that "not a single American should go hungry" on November 1.
Author's summary: Shutdown impacts food aid.
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