US EditionFetterman leans on fellow Dems to reopen government: ‘This is not some sh—y game show’
Senator Fetterman highlights that 33-day shutdown endangers SNAP and ACA subsidies, affecting millions and federal workers, urging Congress to restore funding immediately.
- On Sunday, Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, urged Congress to reopen the government after SNAP lost funding on November 1, leaving millions uncertain.
- Negotiations over ACA subsidy extensions and a clean continuing resolution produced the funding stalemate, as the U.S. Senate repeatedly failed to reach the 60-vote threshold to advance the CR.
- Amid the stalemate, federal employees and benefit-dependent families are experiencing severe financial strain, with federal workers borrowing over a third of a billion dollars and Fetterman highlighting families' struggles.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell ordered the government to fund SNAP using contingency funds, and U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani required USDA to pay and asked for a government response by Monday.
- Contrasting claims note that past guidance shows the SNAP contingency reserve was available to cover regular benefits, while Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, said earlier this week that contingency funds require a preexisting appropriation.
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Democrat senator urges Democrats to 'own' shutdown and reopen the gov't
Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) called for the Democrat Party to “own” the federal government shutdown and to reopen the government during an interview on Sunday. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” CNN host Jake Tapper asked Fetterman who he blames for the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, which caused the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to temporarily run out of funding on Saturday. “For me, fundament…
John Fetterman again criticized the Democratic Party and said his colleagues must take responsibility for the closure of the government. A few days after the current closure became the longest in history, the Pennsylvania senator blamed himself and referred to the status of the Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Read more]]>
Fetterman Slams Democrats Over SNAP Crisis, Shutdown: ‘We’re Moving Against Our Core Values’ - Real News Now
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) took a blowtorch to his own party on Sunday, placing direct blame on Democrats for the government shutdown and the resulting crisis in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which left 42 million Americans in limbo. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Fetterman did not hold back: “For me, fundamentally, it’s deeply, deeply distressing to know that 42 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP …
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