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USDA Blames Senate Democrats for SNAP Funding Crisis

10/26/2025

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The USDA issued an advisory blaming Senate Democrats for the potential loss of SNAP benefits starting November 1, affecting over 40 million low-income beneficiaries.
The advisory warns that a continued shutdown will withhold between $5 billion and $6 billion in contingency funding.
Congressional Democrats condemned the action, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called it a "dereliction of duty."
Republican lawmakers have introduced bills to fund SNAP during the shutdown.

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The USDA issued an advisory blaming Senate Democrats for the potential loss of SNAP benefits starting November 1, affecting over 40 million low-income beneficiaries.
The advisory warns that a continued shutdown will withhold between $5 billion and $6 billion in contingency funding.
Congressional Democrats condemned the action, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called it a "dereliction of duty."
Republican lawmakers have introduced bills to fund SNAP during the shutdown.