Congress Faces Deadlock as Shutdown Threatens to Impact Americans and SNAP Benefits
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The US government shutdown, initially limited in impact, is now affecting essential programs like food assistance, military pay, and energy aid, with potential long-term economic and political consequences as delays and funding gaps grow, especially with upcoming elections and critical services at risk.
Topics:nation#economic-impact#federal-funding#government-shutdown#military-pay#politics#social-programs
- Most Americans have avoided shutdown woes. That might change. The Christian Science Monitor
- ‘The problem is everybody wants to win’: Congress bitterly deadlocked as shutdown pain skyrockets CNN
- Senate Democrats block government funding bill for 13th time The Hill
- As SNAP Benefits Dry Up, Trump States to Pay Bigger Price Time Magazine
- Brooks and Capehart on the pressure to end the government shutdown PBS
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