Time is running out for SNAP benefits

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00:00As the government shutdown enters its 29th day, the clock is ticking for the 42 million Americans

00:05who rely on food stamps, also called SNAP benefits, to help them buy food. Funding for

00:10that program runs out on October 31st, so payments scheduled to go out on November 1st

00:15this Saturday won't go out. Funding for the program has become a pressure point during

00:20shutdown negotiations because opening the government means these benefits continue

00:24uninterrupted for the families that rely on them. Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke

00:28exclusively to the Post about it. The simplest way to end it and the simplest way to make sure that

00:33people are getting the food assistance they need is to pick up the bill and give us five votes.

00:39Three Democrats voted to pass the bill on Tuesday, the 13th such vote. Rather than offer two more

00:45votes, a group of Democrat-led states instead filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration

00:49claiming that suspending food aid benefits violates federal law. Meanwhile, a new trend on TikTok,

00:54SNAP benefits recipients threatening to start looting grocery stores if they don't get their

00:58money on November 1st.