Posted on 11/01/2025 6:17:00 AM PDT by Libloather
With no deal in place to reopen the government and no action from the administration to make up for a funding shortfall in federal benefits, millions of Americans are at risk of losing food benefits starting on Saturday.
The argument raging in the Senate mirrors the same argument that has so far seen the government shutdown for 32 days.
Senate Democrats contend that with the stroke of a pen — like on expiring Obamacare subsidies — President Donald Trump could easily see the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, funded as the shutdown drags on.
"We don't want to pit healthcare and food, [Republicans] do," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. "We think you can have both."
But congressional Republicans and the administration argue that food stamp benefits, and numerous other government programs, could be fully funded if Schumer and his caucus would unlock the votes to reopen the government.
Democrats are suing the Trump administration in part over its refusal to use the SNAP emergency fund, which they contend has about $5 billion, to fund the program. But a recent memo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) argued there was no legal standing to use the fund and that federal SNAP funds would run dry by Nov. 1 if Democrats did not vote to end the shutdown.
A pair of federal judges ruled on Friday that the administration would have to pay out the food stamp benefits for November, either in full or partially.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins affirmed the memo during a Friday press conference, "There is a contingency fund at USDA, but that contingency fund, by the way, doesn't even cover, I think, half of the $9.2 billion that would be required for November SNAP."
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Do NOT concede. Democrats EITHER vote to reopen government WITHOUT the Medicaid funds or let it fall apart. I and my family will suffer what we have to suffer.
lol them dims have said they don’t want a king, and have admitted that President Trump does not have the authority to release the funds, that is a congressional function and yet now they are saying “king Trump” do it anyway, we are worried about illegals and theu are our constituents
Yep, there are going to be a lot of really pissed off ‘mo fo’s’.
That faint sound you hear is my heart pumping pi$$ for these people.
It is going to be as the hair done, finger nails done, gucci handbag clutching feral animals descend on stores to claim their “rights”.
im white, I've never thought about stealing food after kindergarten. I got caught and was embarrassed even at age 5. Unlike some adults who have no moral compass.
This!! The Dems have been building up to this for years by helping more and more folks onto the welfare and snap programs. There’s a group of people that have lived off of the taxpayers for a couple generations that will go nuts when their free food is unavailable. This is what the Shumer shutdown is all about. The Dems think it will help their cause/agenda and I hope it buries them instead.
The same thing applies with illegal aliens—the more illegal aliens they can flood this country with (or keep in this country)—the more future democratic votes.
The district judges’ orders allegedly defy the CASA decision by the Supreme Court on June 27, 2025 as these October 31st orders are made nationwide and this Supreme Court decision prohibits the lower courts from making such orders. Thus, the government executive branch lawyers are going to raise this point and possibly others with the district judges on Monday to get unambiguous clarification on what these district judges are ordering. If the district judges confirm that they are denying the Supreme Court order then the government executive branch lawyers may immediately try to comply or they may appeal. I don’t imagine that there are unlimited amounts of contingency funds for emergencies and that such funds will eventually go dry unless Congress passes some law(s) to appropriate funds.
The Senate has voted on a lot of roll calls this last month. Those could provide a clue as th why these funds are running low.
Anyone on food stamps getting caught stealing food need to lose all benefits.
I find it hard to believe that 42 million people can’t find jobs when there are 7.2 million job openings. Of that number, over 13% are unskilled jobs that could be filled by anyone who can still fog a mirror. I think people on welfare should have to work 40 hours per week like everyone else. Instead of just giving the money away, they wash windows, clean toilets, sweep sidewalks of public buildings or whatever else needs to be done. I just wonder how many of those people would think: “What the hell. If I have to work anyway, why not get a better job.” Workfare has been used in Europe for decades and their welfare rates are half that in the US. True, some cannot work, but the rest should.
Schumer shutdown!
He is such a heartless guy, letting children and families starve.
The Shutdown is a 2025 iteration of the 2020 Lockdown - an attempt to destroy the economy.
Tell the Dems...it’s on them...And that’s an absolute!
https://cis.org/ Federal funding for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also called food stamps, runs out on Saturday due to the government shutdown. The funding cut-off will hit illegal immigrants hard. The Center’s 2023 analysis of government survey data shows households headed by illegal immigrants make extensive use of the welfare system, particularly food assistance programs. Among our prior findings: Of households headed by illegal immigrants, CIS estimated that 59 percent use one or more welfare programs — cash, food assistance, Medicaid, or housing. Illegal immigrant households have especially high use of food programs, with 48 percent enrolled in one or more of these programs — SNAP, WIC, or school lunch/breakfast. In particular, our analysis found that 17 percent of illegal immigrant households used SNAP. In addition to food programs, 18 percent of illegal immigrant households were enrolled in one of the cash programs; 4 percent were using a housing program; and 39 percent used Medicaid. Illegal immigrants often receive welfare on behalf of U.S.-born children, and illegal immigrant children can receive school lunch/breakfast and WIC directly. Some states provide Medicaid to illegal immigrants, and a few offer SNAP. Several million illegal immigrants also have been issued Social Security numbers allowing them to receive cash payments from the earned income tax credit if they work. Many immigrants have modest levels of education and low incomes, so suspension of WIC and SNAP will impact a large share of this population. But this situation raises important policy questions, including whether it makes sense to have an immigration system that allows in so many people who turn to taxpayers to support their children.
“over its refusal to use the SNAP emergency fund”
This is not an emergency. An emergency is something unforeseen or unexpected. Democrats refusing to fund the government because they don’t have the political power to do what they want, does not qualify.
MAHA—-Maybe a lot of 300 pounders might lose a few pounds!
The Dems think it will help their cause/agenda and I hope it buries them instead.
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Not only keeping the Federal Government shut down but all they’re doing is a self-inflicted collapse of the Democrats and they will never recover.
Hard to be,eive that we have 42 million people so severly disabled that they cant work and earn a living! Nearly 1/6th of our nation are too sick to work?
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