By Adriana Gomez Licon The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, flowing into November. That program helps about 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries. \u201cBottom line, the well has run dry,\u201d the USDA notice says. \u201cAt this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats.\u201d The shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is now the second-longest on record. While the Republican… <\/p>\n
By Adriana Gomez Licon The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, flowing into November. That program helps about 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries. \u201cBottom line, the well has run dry,\u201d the USDA notice says. \u201cAt this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats.\u201d The shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is now the second-longest on record. While the Republican... <\/p>\n