If the federal government shutdown isn’t resolved soon, millions of Americans will experience significant hardship, in addition to the thousands of federal employees who are working without pay or furloughed. That’s because benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will end come November 1. President Donald Trump could have reconfigured the budget to provide those benefits, otherwise known as food stamps. The Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, could tap into its reserves. Or Trump could have received a donation to pay for them, like Timothy Mellon provided $130 million to help pay U.S. troops. But no, Trump and his administration would rather see low-income Americans suffer.

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