Federal food aid is on the line Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is poised to run out of money on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown.
A federal judge on Friday ordered Officials will use emergency funds for the program and later President Trump told Which he will follow. But a plan has not yet come to fruition as more than 40 million people who rely on SNAP for help with grocery bills are expected to be affected by the omission.
Health care premiums are also expected to rise after open enrollment began Saturday under the Affordable Care Act without the subsidies that keep taxes down on care for low-income families. Democrats have pressured their Republican counterparts for weeks to extend the tax credit in exchange for their support on a stopgap plan to reopen the government.
Trump, meanwhile, is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday, and plans to attend a MAGA Inc. dinner in the evening.
Former President Obama is also hit the campaign trail in Virginia and New Jersey in an effort to drum up enthusiasm for Democratic gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger (VA) and Mickey Sherrill (NJ) ahead of Tuesday’s elections.
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