US EditionGovernment Shutdowns Fail the American People
The shutdown threatens food assistance for over 40 million Americans and disrupts federal services as lawmakers remain deadlocked over spending bills.
- The shutdown that began on Oct. 1 this year has entered its fifth week, disrupting federal operations and services nationwide and leaving more than 40 million Americans without food stamp benefits replenished.
- Congress failed to pass the 12 appropriations bills by Sept. 30, triggering a shutdown amid partisan disputes over entitlement spending as the national debt hit $38 trillion.
- Five additional Democrats could help restore funding, lawmakers say, as three pilot unions and the nation's largest federal workers union call to end the shutdown amid federal courts disruptions.
- It costs money to shut down the government and also to reopen it, while for 21 days the president and lawmakers dug in their heels, prolonging harm to services.
- Lawmakers propose an automatic continuing resolution proposal to prevent shutdowns, citing House Speaker Newt Gingrich's 1995 precedent, while lawmakers and officials urge reopening to protect American families who will `suffer`.
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Millions of Americans could lose access to SNAP food assistance this weekend. Here’s who could be most affected
(CNN) — In an unprecedented situation, tens of millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.
How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
If the ongoing government shutdown extends into Saturday — and there is every indication that it will — funding will lapse for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps or SNAP, which helps feed some 42 million lower-income Americans. It will be the first such disruption to the federally funded but state-administered safety net program that disproportionately feeds women, children, disabled people and the elderly since …
In Washington, trade unions and associations sound alarmed and called for urgent release of the necessary funds.
Berliner Morgenpost
The budget ban, which has been in force for weeks, also threatens to fall victim to state food aid in November, and the consequences could be devastating.
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