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Senate Republicans Reject Bill to Fund SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said the bill was a ruse.
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Senate Republicans Reject Bill to Fund SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
People shop for food at a store in New York City, in this file photograph. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Joseph Lord
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WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are expected to vote against a Democratic bill that would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the government shutdown.

SNAP allows those with low to no income to buy food and beverages at grocery stores.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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