"I mean, we have federal workers across the country that have been missing paychecks. We have SNAP recipientsmillions of SNAP recipients across the countrywhose access to food stability wasn't secured. And we have to figure out what that was for, because you had both the capitulation in the Senate and you have the refusal and the outright cruelty among House Republicans and the White House, who went to court to try to sue for their ability to deny people's access to food."
"I think what is so important for folks to understand is that this problem is bigger than one person, and it actually is bigger than the minority leader in the Senate. You had eight Senate Democrats who coordinated their own votes on this, as well as you have two retiring members, she replied, adding: Many of them are also up in several cycles from now, with the hope that people"
Federal workers across the country missed paychecks and millions of SNAP recipients experienced threatened food stability during the funding lapse. The funding measure passed without extending subsidies for Obamacare, the primary Democratic demand, after coordinated Senate votes and concessions. House Republicans and the White House pursued legal avenues to restrict access to food benefits. Several Senate Democrats coordinated their votes, and some retiring members were involved, indicating systemic party choices rather than a single-person failure. Upcoming Senate primaries create opportunities for accountability and political consequences for leadership decisions that left vulnerable people exposed.
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