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If Americans going hungry cannot force Republicans and Democrats back to the negotiating table to end the government shutdown, nothing will.
And it looks like no relief will be coming for hungry families. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) had a sharp exchange of words on the Senate floor about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits not going out on the first of the month.
Lujan has a separate bill from Sen.
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