WASHINGTON — The pain of a U.S. government shutdown is poised to intensify this week as the funding lapse nears a full month with no resolution in sight.
A series of deadlines in the coming days could have negative consequences for ordinary Americans, cutting off food assistance for low-income individuals and families, raising health insurance premiums for millions on Obamacare, and depriving air-traffic controllers, TSA agents and other federal workers of paychecks.
Here are four ways the pain is about to hit Americans:
Food assistance will be cut off
SNAP benefits , formerly known as food stamps, are slated to dry up on Nov. 1 without congressional action, impacting an estimated 40 million low-income Americans across red and blue states.
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