Republicans' Refusal to Fund SNAP Will Hurt Their Own Voters Most. They Don't Care.

Republicans' refusal to fund SNAP will hurt their own voters most. They don't care.

It shouldn't just be on Democrats to have a conscience and compromise on the shutdown. Republicans control all branches of government.

SNAP Deadline Looms As Shutdown Enters Fifth Week; Talks 'Ticking Up' In Senate

The federal government shutdown dragged into its fifth week on Wednesday, with Democrats and Republicans remaining firmly entrenched in their positions, even as the threat of food aid expiring for 42 million Americans and repeated legislative failures ratchet up the pressure. A key deadline looms on Saturday, when funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […] SNAP Deadline Looms As Shutdown Enters Fifth Week; Talks ‘Ticking Up’ I…

Republicans dig in on shutdown as SNAP cutoff looms

Despite proposals to mitigate painful effects from the shutdown on SNAP or air traffic controllers, top Republicans in the House, Senate, and White House are sticking with the same strategy: pressuring Democrats to support a clean stopgap bill to reopen the government. “Between the White House, the Senate, and the House there, we’re all on the same page,” said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. It hasn’t worked for 29 days, but leaders don’t want to shift…

Blue states blame Republicans for looming SNAP shutoff on government websites