Senate Republicans considering bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing amid the shutdown

Politico ^ | 10/22/2025, 8:11pm ET | Jordain Carney

[glorgau]

Mistake.

That constituency will NEVER vote Republican.

[volare737]

A “life-line” for the democrats,,,,,,disgusting!

[volare737]

Agreed. If the Republicans are the first to BLINK,,,,,,the fight is over.

[Fury]

…the first order of business will be to swear in Arizona Democrat Representative Adelita Grijalva, who already declared that she would immediately file a discharge motion to force the Epstein files out of committee for a full floor vote.

I understand Johnson is holding up her swearing in for some form of leverage, but that discharge motion is going to be filed - sooner or later.

[angrymarine]

Broken record....if there welas dirt on trump or ant republican of significance, it would have been put out during obama admin...were it so, would have been easier and more effective than russiagate. Of course if deep state people in fbi have since changed info, or victims are willing to embellish on a list that they have (because no one can call them liars) then that explains the unprecedented urgency. Transprent.

[packagingguy]

Wouldn’t it be best that the ghettopotami go without of food for a bit to slim down?

[angrymarine]

Need to use this as a immediate local basis for recall petitions. You want SNAP turned back on? Sign this petition to recall idiot that wont let you have it. Desrving poor and single moms plus republicants ought to be enough to recall 3 to 5 senators. The excercise will slap them awake.

[MikelTackNailer]

73% of SNAP households have household income below the Federal Poverty Level.

Usual emotional responses posted here aside, that's a good analytical breakdown of SNAP use. I came up with just over 9% of the population are on the program while over 12% are said to be under the poverty line.

If that's true then SNAP is better managed than I thought it was and we shouldn't be so hasty to break out the torches and pitchforks over it. The blatant abusers of the program (welfare queens, illegals, etc.) make it appear that it's just a trough for scammers, but most recipients are not represented by those criminals.

The volunteer food banks have been overwhelmed since the last years of the Biden regime. The economy IS recovering - just not fast enough for a society grown too used to instant gratification.

[HIDEK6]

From AI:

Please describe a typical SNAP recipient:

Typical AI bullshit

GIGO

[Varsity Flight]

✅📌

[mass55th]

Newscum’s got the California National Guard handing out food at food banks. They should be helping ICE round up illegals. I’m sure the food they’re handing out will be going to illegals who shouldn’t be getting it.

[Political Junkie Too]

True, but I don't think it's for leverage.

From what I read, Johnson is taking a hard line because he sees the discharge motion as an attack on his authority and ability to set and control the agenda.

The problem for Johnson is that, despite Grijalva, there are enough Republicans who are willing to side with the Democrats on this.

-PJ

[thegagline]

42,000,000 people in the United States have SNAP benefits? 1 out of 8? Ridiculous.

[Secret Agent Man]

Tue disgrace is that there are 42 million Americans, mostly women, using the SNAP program.

[Rocco DiPippo]

No. Just no.

[Rocco DiPippo]

Excellent point. I guarantee that the rate of morbid obesity among the SNAP crowd is off the charts. A little fasting would be good for those folks. But let’s be honest - even if SNAP’s shut down for a while, none of the recipients will go hungry. Food banks, churches, donations, etc.

[Pete Dovgan]

No military pay, no snap. Funding the military was in the Constitution…….not free food.

[Iceclimber58]

You can not recall a US Senator or Congressman.

[Fireone]

If it’s the “Schumer Shutdown”, why would anyone advocate softening the effect? Let the Ghettopotomai lose a few pounds, by cutting off their grape soda and Cheetos.
I have yet to see any photos of malnourished children sitting along the curbs in Chicago.

[Adder]

I don’t think there will be food riots, exactly...but I do think there will be massive shop lifting and theft of people in parking lots. There is a lot of feral braggadocio on Youtube about it.

42 million folks is a lot of dependents. An absurd amount. And a lot of these folks treat EBT and a birthright, not aid. It is really time to tighten the rules and cull folks who could work but don’t.
Now is a perfect opportunity.