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Texas Warns Millions of Food Benefit Cuts Caused By Schumer Shutdown Over Illegal Alien Benefits

Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) officials alerted more than 3.5 million low-income residents — including 1.7 million children — that November food benefits will be cut off if Democrats continue blocking budget negotiations in Washington. Republicans say the shutdown stems from Democratic demands to expand Obamacare benefits to illegal aliens, a move GOP leaders refuse to fund. With SNAP funding set to expire, Texas is complying with federal directives to halt payments, leaving vulnerable families at risk as the Schumer-led standoff drags on.

Schumer Shutdown Will Cut Food Aid to 1.7 Million Texas Children in November (Getty Images

Dem Sen. Smith on if Schumer Fears Primary: That’s Process

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said that Republicans saying Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is afraid of getting primaried are “talking about a process question rather than talking about our shared

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 6: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conf

Cuellar: Schumer ‘Needs to Show Something to the Base’

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “needs to show something to the base.” But there are legitimate policy issues around health care with the government shutdown

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