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Bwa haha haha haha! !
In court filings, submitted late Wednesday, the Trump administration reaffirmed its opposition to provisioning the funds absent a broader spending deal in Congress. Lawyers for the Justice Department acknowledged that an interruption to food stamps would create a “difficult situation for millions of Americans,” but they insisted the court did not have the ability to prevent it.
Officials told the court that the law did not allow them to transfer or spend money that Congress had not appropriated, or in ways that lawmakers did not intend. That, they said, precluded many of the avenues that states have suggested for funding SNAP during the shutdown.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine:
Today I signed Executive Order 2025-06D directing Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide up to $25 million to help Ohio families who will be most impacted by the anticipated suspension of federal SNAP benefits.
While it is no substitute for the relief U.S. Senate Democrats could provide today by ending their filibuster of SNAP benefits and approve the clean continuing resolution passed by the U.S. House, our plan will help get more resources into the household budgets of the Ohio families who need it most.
Not entirely heartless.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine:
Today I signed Executive Order 2025-06D directing Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide up to $25 million to help Ohio families who will be most impacted by the anticipated suspension of federal SNAP benefits.
While it is no substitute for the relief U.S. Senate Democrats could provide today by ending their filibuster of SNAP benefits and approve the clean continuing resolution passed by the U.S. House, our plan will help get more resources into the household budgets of the Ohio families who need it most.
Not entirely heartless.
Yes, it shows some fracturing in the party, which is good. I have at least one person on my FB timeline, a paraplegic, who will be impacted by SNAP, but he's in Massachusetts, so I'm expecting him to be helped out.
25 states sue Trump administration over SNAP food stamp freeze during shutdown
Updated on: October 29, 2025 / 9:04 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A coalition of officials from half of the states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the suspension of food stamp benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown, as millions of Americans brace for a disruption in federal food aid in the coming days.
SNAP and WIC are necessary programs, and as Albaby showed us the poor are doing better than the working or middle class - though you couldn't tell. I'm sympathetic with the working class, but they all want new trucks to work in. :) If you follow tools on marketplace, sometimes you'll see a group of tools for sale that were bought for one project to be used by a laborer and they blow them out very reasonably. The fellow that does my lawn doesn't have a new truck. :)
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine:iirc, Virginia, and one other state, previously said they would cover SNAP benefits.
Meanwhile, in Michigan:
Michigan Senate passes bill to provide $71 million if SNAP funding is paused
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan lawmakers are looking to take action as uncertainty remains for many Americans as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding is set to be paused amidst the federal government shutdown when the calendar turns to November.
The legislation garnered bipartisan support, with 27 senators voted in favor, with four opposed, five excused and one not voting. The bill now heads to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.https://www.wilx.com/2025/10/30/michigan-senate-pa...Seems like a pretty good, bipartisan, group is telling Schumer he's on the wrong hill.
Steve
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Seems like a pretty good, bipartisan, group is telling Schumer he's on the wrong hill.
And the right hill is? Take everything into consideration.
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And the right hill is? Take everything into consideration.
As offered before. The Dems vote "present", meaning not for or against. So the CR passes, the MAGA base gets what it voted fore. Then the GOP, alone, wears the consequences. If the mob doesn't like it, the Dems benefit. If the mob thinks it's great, the Dems need to reevaluate their positions.
Steve
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As offered before. The Dems vote "present", meaning not for or against. So the CR passes, the MAGA base gets what it voted fore. Then the GOP, alone, wears the consequences. If the mob doesn't like it, the Dems benefit. If the mob thinks it's great, the Dems need to reevaluate their positions.
Missed it before, thanks. :) That seems a milquetoast position for the times we are in. Very passive, and it looks like DEMs stand for nothing to me. That's passively letting Trump rule. So there's no hill. It seems to me that would be the similar to the states not suing for SNAP, letting it expire, and hoping Trump gets really hurt by that. I'd rather people get SNAP, and I'd rather see Obamacare extended, because less people get hurt. I have no idea what will happen, (fingers crossed),and it should work to our benefit, but might not. I'm glad they did *something".
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As offered before. The Dems vote "present", meaning not for or against. So the CR passes, the MAGA base gets what it voted fore.
Apparently, that won't work. The Reps need 60 positive votes. A "present" vote, or abstention, isn't a positive vote. So, a handful of Dems have to vote for it. Albaby explained that when I floated a similar idea.
I don't know how many Dems are in conservative districts, but I think only that type of Dem could do that safely (i.e. not incur the wrath of their constituents).
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That seems a milquetoast position for the times we are in. Very passive, and it looks like DEMs stand for nothing to me.
I like to see it as thinking strategically. As I said from the start, the ACA subsidies impact too few people, some 22M, to die on that hill. Now, far more people, who would not have been hurt if the CR passed, are now losing SNAP benefits, or going without a paycheck.
Which would you rather the Dems own? Folding on the ACA subsidies, or costing people their SNAP benefits (42M), or their entire paycheck, or losing their Federal job entirely?
Steve
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The Reps need 60 positive votes.
According to the net sifter, a filibuster requires at least one Senator to "object" to a piece of legislation. If Schumer cannot keep his troops whipped into line, so no-one objects, then he can direct his caucus to join the Repubs in a cloture vote, to end the filibuster.
Voting for cloture, is not voting for the bill, according to the net sifter;
No, a cloture vote does not automatically mean a bill is approved; it is a separate vote that ends debate to allow for a final vote on the measure. Invoking cloture requires a supermajority of 60 votes in the Senate to limit debate and move to a final, up-or-down vote on the bill itself.
Cloture: The process of ending a filibuster to limit debate, which requires a supermajority (currently 60 votes) to pass.
Final Vote: After cloture is invoked, the Senate proceeds to a final vote on the underlying bill, which requires a simple majority to pass.
Important Distinction: Passing cloture simply means the Senate will vote on the bill, but it doesn't guarantee the bill will pass. Opponents of a bill may vote for cloture (to end the debate) while still voting against the bill itself in the final vote
So enough Dems vote "aye" for cloture, then vote "present" on the bill. The GOP wears the consequences.
Steve
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I like to see it as thinking strategically. As I said from the start, the ACA subsidies impact too few people, some 22M, to die on that hill. Now, far more people, who would not have been hurt if the CR passed, are now losing SNAP benefits, or going without a paycheck.
Oh, I understand the strategy, but I think it looks like we are doing nothing, and can be accused of doing nothing, because our strategy is to do nothing - just like Albaby said. Journos could write about how great the strategy is and it will still seem to everyone that trump is running the show and we are doing nothing - because that is what we are doing. People will scream about losing ACA and we did nothing.
It seems to me Trump hurt himself by lying that he had no funds to tap by law for SNAP, and it sure helps the judges told him to access the funds he's directed to use by law - so we got minimally hurt be SNAP - so far - and Trump should be hurt much worse - we'll see. I have a tough time figuring out these plays because there's a lot of uncertainty accompanying them. I have to read and assess multiple sources and evaluate as I go along.
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People will scream about losing ACA and we did nothing.
The Dems could have pointed out that, as a minority in both houses, they could not prevent it, and shutting down the government over it would hurt many more people.
Steve
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People will scream about losing ACA and we did nothing.
The Dems could have pointed out that, as a minority in both houses, they could not prevent it, and shutting down the government over it would hurt many more people.
We shall see. It isn't without risk. I don't agree it would hurt many more people, maybe a 30% risk more would be hurt.
