Joining us now, vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington. All right, I want to get you first on what Burgess Everett was reporting a moment ago. Uh, and that was positive vibes coming out of the Appropriations Committee.What can you tell us about that. >> Well, what I can tell you is conversations are really important and Democrats want our country and our government to work for people and that includes the appropriations process. But the fact of the matter i ...

cuz I know exactly how this feels. Uh I know what hunger looks like. You know, my dad worked at a grocery store uh and would bring home stale food, candy bars in particular, uh that he found next to the dumpster, uh because the boys got to eat.Uh look, I I was a single parent in college. And I lived on food stamps. It kept my son and me fed.Uh Medicaid kept us healthy. And so these types of programs um are important. And I understand exactly the trepidation that Nevada families are feeling right now.And I d ...

Government Funding & Policy - Over two dozen states are suing the Trump administration to maintain funding for SNAP benefits, which impacts over 40 million Americans [1] - The Department of Agriculture indicated SNAP benefits may stop on Saturday [1] - President Trump stated his administration is working to find a way to fund the SNAP program during the shutdown [1] - Democratic and Republican Senators are co-sponsoring a bill to keep SNAP funded during the shutdown [2] Economic Impact - The report mentions the S&P 500 winners and losers, indicating a focus on market performance [3] - The discussion includes paying air traffic controllers, highlighting potential impacts on transportation and related industries [2]

It is day 282 of the second Trump administration and today we now have dozens of states taking the administration to court for refusing to fund food stamps for the next month. Funding for SNAP benefits is set to run out on Saturday, 3 days from now because of the shutdown. Of course, the Trump administration could use emergency money to keep it going, but they have officially decided not to.Now, 25 separate states are suing the federal government over that decision. Remember, 42 million people rely on SNAP ...

I I want to begin with that last meeting that you had in the Oval Office, which was about this government shutdown. Hasn't been a meeting since. There's been no attempt to solve the problem since by Donald Trump or the Republicans.And Donald Trump taunted you with that hat and you you cut to today and there's Speaker Johnson trying to end this subject, trying to make it clear that there's absolutely no possibility uh of Donald Trump running for third term. while Donald Trump still plays that game publicly. ...

Democratic officials in 25 states in the District of Columbia have just sued the Trump administration. This time for using the government shutdown to suspend SNAP food assistant payments, which they argue is unlawful and quote arbitrary and capriccious. Those are legal words, y'all.Now, the complaint argues this. USDA suspended SNAP benefits even though on information and belief it has funds available to it that are sufficient to fund all or at least a substantial portion of November SNAP benefits. In other ...

and we are covering Donald Trump's efforts to test or abuse federal powers. He made an unusual address to American soldiers overseas. You may recall the many lectures that have been delivered by politicians often in the Republican party about how politics must stop at the wat's edge.Take a listen to yourself about how the president sounded discussing things like his politicized crackdown on what he says are the problems that are only in certain places. basically cities run by the opposition party. He has le ...

Uh joining us now, Punchwell co-founder and MSNBC political analyst uh Jake Sherman and MSNBC reporter Laura Hayley, who is at a food bank open specifically for federal employees today right here in New York City. Laura, I'm going to begin with you. Tell us about the real life impact. What are you seeing? >> Yeah, like so many food banks across the country, Food Bank for New York City here in Queens held a distribution for federal workers only. Now, they have these distributions all the time, but this one s ...

Now, from that political risk to the looming human impact of this ongoing shutdown. Joining us now, Jill Dixon, executive director of the Food Depot, a food pantry serving northern New Mexico. Thanks for coming on the program.I don't need to tell you, no state has a higher percentage of residents on SNAP than New Mexico. How far was the Food Depot stretched before the shutdown and what's your anticipation of what might happen as this goes on. The truth is food insecurity is has always been present in New Me ...

I think it's insane that the president of the United States is literally in Asia while the government is shut down while Americans are standing in food lines while while moms and dads are going to be missing their SNAP benefits while children are potentially about to go hungry while people will not be able to afford the health care that they need regard whatever that healthcare is. I and the president is just flying around talking about an MRI that he got and Congresswoman Alexandra Okassio Cortez and Jasm ...