Senate GOP Blocks SNAP Funding as Shutdown Grinds On

As Families Go Hungry, Troops Get Paid Through Private Money and Budget Raids

On November 3, over a month into the ongoing federal government shutdown, Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The move leaves over 42 million Americans facing reduced or entirely absent food assistance just as the holiday season begins.

It’s the first public, standalone legislative effort we’ve see…