Name: Shutdown hits four-week mark as states sue over SNAP funding
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Description: The U.S. government shutdown reached its four-week mark on Wednesday as dozens of states sue the Trump administration over the halt on SNAP benefits set to begin on Nov. 1.

The U.S. government shutdown reached its four-week mark on Wednesday as dozens of states sue the Trump administration over the halt on SNAP benefits set to begin on Nov. 1.

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The government shutdown has now lasted four weeks, with the Senate failing to pass a funding bill for the thirteenth time. The deadlock between Republicans and Democrats remains, and lawmakers continue to trade blame as the impacts of the shutdown grow. More than 40 million Americans are at risk of losing access to SNAP food assistance, as the benefits are set to halt if the shutdown continues.

Over two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the administration, arguing that cutting off SNAP benefits will harm public health and increase state costs. While some proposals to fund SNAP during the shutdown have been introduced in Congress, it is unclear if they will advance. The Secretary of Agriculture has stated she lacks the legal authority to use contingency funds to cover the shortfall.

Shutdown hits four-week mark as states sue over SNAP funding

The government shutdown just hit the four-week mark as the Senate once again failed to pass a funding bill. Pressure's now mounting on lawmakers as more than 40 million Americans could lose food assistance this weekend. President Trump continues to blame Democrats. The Democrats have caused the problem on food stamps. All they have to do is sign. And you know, if they sign, I'll meet with them. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand joins us from the White House with more on this aspect of what's happening in the world. Good morning, Natalie. Lawmakers continue to trade the blame, but it's really everyone else feeling the weight of the shutdown. So where do things stand today? Yeah, well, Vice President J.D. Vance actually visited Capitol Hill yesterday to speak with GOP senators. And he told reporters that Republicans just need several more Democrats to cross over and support that short-term GOP funding bill. So the bottom line is the positions of the two sides have not changed here. And yesterday, that short-term funding measure backed by the Republicans failed to advance for a 13th time. So we're pretty much in the same place one month in. As you noted, the impacts day by day continue to grow. CBS's Capitol Hill correspondent Nicole Killian spent a large part of yesterday trying to ask lawmakers what they are doing to negotiate. Take a listen to some of the exchanges. I'm available to talk to anybody who wants to talk on any subject. I mean, we voted 13 times now to open the government. The whole reason that we're in Washington, even though the Republicans are not, is to demand that they come back, reopen the government, restore health care to everybody, and get past this crisis. Waiting in the shutdown is just vote for the House continuing resolution. I mean, we started from the most reasonable position. There's really no place to negotiate. People in more than 30 states are going to be aghast, aghast when they see their bills, and they're going to cry out. And I believe there will be increased pressure on Republicans to negotiate with us. And Senate Minority Leader Schumer also noting, you know, November 1st, the Affordable Care Act health place, insurance marketplace, rather, opens that day. And so he thinks that that is going to put pressure on Republicans. What else happens November 1st? Those SNAP benefits, the federal food assistance for low-income families, tens of millions of them, is set to come to a halt. More than two dozen states have now sued the administration, saying that shutting off these benefits will cause deterioration of public health and well-being, that states will bear costs associated with many of the harms. Democrats are asking the administration to tap into contingency funding, but Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, yesterday told CBS News that she does not have the legal authority to do that. We do know, Errol, that there are some proposals over on Capitol Hill to try to pay for SNAP in this short term during the shutdown. We don't know if those bills are going to get a vote. Yeah, we'll hear more about that later this hour, but certainly a lot of pain could be caused if that funding lapses. Natalie, thank you for the latest.

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