Senate Democrats voted against a House of Representatives-passed continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through Nov. 21 for the 15th time on Friday, stretching the shutdown to a record 39 days.
Last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to at least make partial SNAP payments to recipients, equal to the size of available funds left in an emergency fund designed to cover SNAP payments. But now the judge is back, demanding that the administration make full November SNAP payments, even though there is no lawful appropriation or dedicated fund to do so.
“It’s an absurd ruling because you have a federal judge effectively telling us what we have to do in the midst of a Democrat government shutdown,” Vice President JD Vance said in response to a question
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