Nearly 42 million Americans receiving food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP will lose those benefits tomorrow if Congress can’t agree on how to keep the program going or reopen the government.
Overnight, President Trump called on Republicans in Congress to change the rules in the Senate to again open the government with a simple majority vote instead of the 60 votes currently needed – the so-called “Nuclear Option.”
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Trump posted on Truth Social: ….BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Conservatives have long opposed getting rid of the filibuster because they believe it could open the door to bad legislation in the future, and Republicans don’t seem to have the votes to do it anyway.
Almost 1.4 million federal workers have already gone without pay, and more than 750,000 are on furlough.
Air traffic controllers are going on their sixth unpaid week, and that could lead to massive travel disruptions.
Meanwhile, food banks across the country have scaled up efforts to help those in critical need of food assistance.
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John Sillars, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank in Louisiana, said, “We are treating this just like a hurricane, where we are going to step in. It will be a challenge, but we are up to the task, as we have been before.”
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