Harvest for Hunger’s Jake Keating and James Kirby pick up food in El Jebel for distribution at local pantries on Tuesday. The nonprofit “rescues” unsold products from grocery stores and other retailers and supplements it with a bulk order from Food Bank of the Rockies, which Harvest for Hunger increased to meet higher demand during a lapse in SNAP benefits. Jason Charme/Aspen Daily News

The longest government shutdown in American history could end within the week, as the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to gather on Wednesday afternoon to vote on a funding package that the Senate passed on Monday.

Reopening the government would reinstate full annual funding for three government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which distributes monthly grocery money thr

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