The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it can’t issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November, thanks to the ongoing government shutdown. An estimated 42 million Americans are now at risk of seeing their food assistance cut for the month.

The USDA -- which oversees SNAP and is supposed to remain nonpartisan-- posted a notice on its website Sunday, blaming Democrats for the shutdown, while saying there is no funding for the program.

“Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01,” reads a portion of the notice.

The federal food assistance program is used by 1 in 8 Americans to buy groceries. According to the Associated Press, SNAP costs just over $100 billion yearly to fund. That includes the half of state

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