To say that Republicans bungled the shutdown they caused would be a massive understatement.
Republicans have a decades-long history of causing government shutdowns and then having no idea how to get out of them.
Traditionally, Republicans have caused the shutdown and then waited for Democrats to bail them out.
In 2025, Democrats take a stand on health care and demand that Republicans use their control of the federal government to figure it out.
SNAP and WIC funding expires on November 1. The Trump administration, under its own USDA guidelines, has the authority to use a $5 billion emergency fund to fund SNAP. So far they have refused to do this and have offered no other solution.
The looming SNAP crisis gets attention, and Senate Democrats just turned even more heat on Trump, Johnson, and Thune with new legislation that would require SNAP and WIC to be funded.
Republicans know all these deadlines are coming, yet they are consistently outmaneuvered by Democrats.
The latest Democratic move is the introduction of the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025.
