"the administration has chosen to not find money to fund the food-assistance program for some 42 million Americans,"
"But they have found money for military payments and ICE officers and others. That choice, he added, "is beginning to catch up with the administration and Republicans.""
"Democrats seem to be much more dug in than they were before Tuesday,"
"I think they seem emboldened by Tuesday's elections."
The government shutdown has reached the longest duration in U.S. history. Three weeks before Thanksgiving, funding for a food-assistance program serving about 42 million Americans was not provided, while funds were secured for military payments and ICE officers. That funding differential is producing political consequences for the administration and for Republicans. Democrats have become more dug in and appear emboldened by recent Tuesday elections. Voters and lawmakers are reacting to the human impacts of withheld assistance and to the perceived prioritization of certain payments over basic food support.
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