Michigan, Democrats and federal government shutdown
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State elected Democrats are struggling to pull together a plan to continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders, just days before a Nov. 1 deadline.
As the country enters day 30 of the government shutdown, the 42 million people across the country who use SNAP face a pause of their benefits.
Concerns about food insecurity during the SNAP pause come at a time when food banks across the country are seeing a significant surge in demand.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer led a coalition of 21 governors in penning a letter to President Trump, urging him to stop disruptions to SNAP benefits.
A closer look at the 1.4 million Michiganders receiving food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, shows that nearly 24% of people living in Wayne County, where Detroit is located,
Michigan Democratic Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin are urging the Trump administration to immediately release Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the ongoing federal shutdown.
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Time running out to fund SNAP benefits
Time is running out for Tennesseans on SNAP benefits.
Asked if Trump's comments were an endorsement of bills like Hawley's that would fund SNAP during the shutdown, Thune said he wasn't sure if that's what Trump was referring to. "I
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