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End of shutdown in sight?

It may be easier for you to get food and harder for you to catch a flight for the time being, but the end of the longest government shutdown could be in sight. Multiple news agencies reported late Sunday and early Monday that eight Democratic U.S. Senators plan to vote in favor of ending the shutdown in exchange for a scheduled vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies in December. The maneuver would fully fund the government until at least January 30, though some parts of it would be funded for the entire upcoming year. A vote in the Senate is scheduled for Monday night and ABC News reports that Speaker Mike Johnson has called members of the House back to vote on a potential package.

 

While leaders on Capitol Hill sort out the details, you might feel the impact of their decisions closer to home if things are not resolved. A battle over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, with states like Wisconsin refusing to halt payments to eligible recipients. According to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump Administration last Friday to temporarily block a court order requiring full SNAP funding during the shutdown, only for an appeals court to again rule against the administration. Governor Tony Evers responded to the administration’s request with a simple “no,” adding that the state legally added benefits to cards for 700,000 Wisconsinites “pursuant to and consistent with an active court order.”

 

Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that if the shutdown lasts longer, the Thanksgiving travel season—one of the busiest of the year—could be severely affected as flights are cut. He told NewsNation that it will be difficult to get air traffic controllers to return to work even after the shutdown is resolved. Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled over the weekend due to the shutdown, and the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to cut total air traffic by 10 percent by Friday.

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