Could halt in SNAP benefits, paychecks pressure lawmakers to strike shutdown deal?

As the shutdown enters a fourth week, the USDA says SNAP benefits won’t go out on Nov. 1, warning “the well has run dry” for a program serving about 42 million people. The administration now argues contingency funds can’t be used, a reversal from earlier guidance, while House Speaker Mike Johnson urges Democrats to back a clean continuing resolution. The FAA slowed traffic in several cities amid unpaid staffing shortages, with controllers missing a paycheck Tuesday. The largest federal workers union urged Congress to end the shutdown, as health care deadlines near and negotiations remain stalled.

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