US EditionAmericans Worry About Next Meal as Shutdown Enters Second Month
The shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million SNAP recipients and critical subsidies for over 20 million under the Affordable Care Act, with funding deadlines imminent.
- The US government shutdown has left federal offices dark and millions of Americans affected as funding deadlines loom, disrupting daily life.
- Negotiations have stalled over subsidies and reopening demands as Democrats refuse to reopen the government without a deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for more than 20 million people, while Republicans insist on reopening first.
- WIC and Head Start face disruption for 65,000 infants, with SNAP set to run out of funds this weekend, as Democrats pressed the White House to use $5 billion emergency cash that it cannot tap.
- Some 670,000 federal workers have been sent home without pay, and the AFGE union urges Congress to pass a stopgap bill as many missed their entire pay this week.
- With Nov 1 approaching for sign-ups, Obamacare subsidies for more than 20 million people face expiration, and premiums are expected to rise 114 per cent unless lawmakers act.
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In the absence of an agreement in Congress on the budget texts, the United States arrives at the end of its first month of "shutdown". The state should, from this Saturday, suspend its payments to the SNAP program, leaving 42 million Americans without food aid. On Friday night, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release emergency funds to maintain the program in November. - "How am I going to feed my children next month?": the a…
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Americans worry about next meal as shutdown enters second month
The US government shutdown barreled towards its second month Friday and the pain is spreading fast -- with federal workers broke, food aid under threat and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire.
The US government shutdown entered its second month on Friday, and the pain it caused is spreading quickly - federal workers are out of money, food aid has disappeared and millions of Americans have been caught in the crossfire.
42 million Americans facing hunger as shutdown enters second month
The US government shutdown barrelled towards its second month on October 31 and the pain is spreading fast -- with food aid vanishing and 42 million Americans caught in the crossfire on November 2nd. Republicans warned that millions will begin feeling the full force of the shutdown, while Democrats accuse them of weaponising hunger.
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