US EditionEPA Union: Government Shutdown Deal Must Include Health Care Funding
Funding for SNAP benefits has halted, impacting 42 million Americans including 16 million children, as political deadlock stalls resolution during the 34-day federal shutdown.
- Monday, Nov. 3 marks day 34 of the federal government shutdown, and funding for SNAP dried up Nov. 1, leaving 42 million low-income Americans without benefits.
- After Congress failed to pass a budget by Oct. 1, most Democrats refuse stop-gap bills that omit Medicaid and ACA subsidy extensions, and senators have voted 13 times unsuccessfully to end the shutdown, including a 54-45 defeat on Oct. 28.
- The courts said officials must consider using $5.25 billion in contingency funds, with Massachusetts federal Judge Indira Talwani and Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell setting deadlines for payment decisions.
- More than 750,000 federal workers are furloughed, air traffic controllers work without pay causing delays, and Michigan households receive $335 per month in SNAP as local food banks see rising demand and $4.5 million in state aid.
- If the impasse persists into Tuesday, Nov. 4, it would tie the longest shutdown, with Polymarket odds at 54.6% predicting it will extend to Nov. 16 or later, while cybersecurity experts warn furloughed personnel increase national security risks.
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We’ll take a look at what the shutdown means for the nation’s cyber defenses
Interview transcript: Jared Serbu There’s obviously a lot of gaps that have been temporarily created by the shutdown, but let’s talk specifically about cybersecurity. What concerns you most based on what we know about, for example, who’s been furloughed at the moment? Justin Miller Well, cybersecurity isn’t something that you can pause. Adversaries don’t take days off and during a shutdown, critical cyber defenders are furloughed, patching stop…
EPA union: Government shutdown deal must include health care funding
The president of the union representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers on Monday urged Congress to include health care protections in a bill to reopen the government as the shutdown approaches record length. “The U.S. government must be fully funded immediately, and that has to include funding for health care,” said Justin Chen, president of…
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Wisconsin ExaminerHunger crisis looms in Milwaukee as fed workers go without pay amidst shutdown
Milwaukee elected leaders gathered outside the county’s Marcia P. Coggs Health and Human Services Building on Friday, providing updates to residents and praising the community’s resilience amidst the ongoing federal government shutdown. “Milwaukee County is strong and resilient, but the…
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