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  • Johnson backs Trump’s plans not to tap contingency dollars for food aid ahead of funding cliff

    10/27/2025 2:59:43 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 22 replies
    Politico ^ | 10/27/2025, 12:01pm ET | Meredith Lee Hill
    The White House is warning 42 million low-income Americans will start to miss SNAP benefits Saturday if Democrats don’t vote for the funding stopgap this week.Speaker Mike Johnson is siding with the Trump administration’s decision not to tap emergency funds to avert a lapse in food aid for 42 million Americans. “I got a summary of the whole legal analysis, and it certainly looks legitimate to me,” Johnson said during a news conference Monday. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is due to run out of money Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown. President Donald Trump suggested Friday night...