For more than a month, U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans have been at an impasse. The chamber needs bipartisan support to pass a spending measure because 60 votes are required to end a filibuster and advance to a final vote, but neither party has that much of a majority.

Here’s what you need to know about the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans. It could go dark on Saturday.

More than 41 million families who rely on the food stamp benefits will be left without the financial assistance due to a lapse in federal funding caused by the shutdown.

The national food aid program known as SNAP ran out of federal money Saturday due to the government shutdown, leaving the millions of Americans who rely on those benefits to buy food scrambling.

The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, but using it in this way appears to be unprecedented.

The post “Ain’t as glamorous as it sounds”: Che shares history with assistance as SNAP benefits freeze appeared first on Salon.com. For Hannah Szretter, the government shutdown is more than just a political fight.

Trump’s combined shutdowns have already eclipsed the collective record of 56 days, which took place over five shutdowns in three years, during President Jimmy Carter’s administration. Can't see our graphics?

The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month