USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1

As the government shutdown drags on, Capital Area Food Bank is bracing for a sharp rise in demand. Starting this week, the organization will launch new food distributions for federal workers and contractors who must present government ID to receive assistance.

"Many of the families affected now have been living paycheck to paycheck," CEO Radha Muthiah told ABC News. "With a missed paycheck, they aren't able to address all of their needs, pay their rent, pay for child care, pay for transportation. And what we know is that food is that line item in the budget that often will get squeezed."

The food bank said it has mapped neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income federal employees and contractors, and will distribute both produce and shelf-stable groceries to affected families.

The surge comes at a precarious moment for the region. According to the food bank's 2025 Hunger Report, 36% of residents struggled to put food on the table at some point last year. For households impacted by reductions in force, the number climbs even higher to 41%.

"One in three individuals need some help putting food on the table, and that came before the federal government RIFs this spring, and which obviously has come before this shutdown," Muthiah said. "So it's just a layering effect of greater need in our community and across the country at this time."

--ABC News' Selina Wang

The Senate on Monday failed to advance, for the eleventh time, a bill that would have funded the government through Nov. 21.

The vote failed, 50-43. It needed 60 votes to advance.

There was no movement on the vote -- Sen. Rand Paul remained the only Republican to vote against the bill. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and independent Angus King voted for it. Sen. John Fetterman, who has typically been voting in favor of the legislation, was absent from votes Monday.

Majority Leader John Thune switched his vote to no at the end of the vote. This is a procedural move that allows him to more quickly call the bill up for a future vote.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

Trump said Monday that he hoped that Democrats would soon vote on a package to fund the government.

"All we want to do is have a vote of continuation. And it's the first time in history that a group has not voted for continuation. So, they're having a, they have what's called a Trump derangement problem. Have you heard about that problem? Because that's the only reason this could be possible," Trump said in an East Room ceremony honoring college baseball champion teams from Louisiana.

But Trump did seem optimistic that Democrats might soon come around on government funding.

"So, we're hoping the Democrats become much less deranged and that we will get the vote pretty soon. And I hear they're starting to feel that way too. They're starting to feel like they really have to do what's right for the country, and they will," Trump said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was at the event and gave remarks praising the president, but he made no mention of the shutdown.

"And we want to thank you for your tremendous record and all you're doing right now. I mean this, this president has not only reduced taxes, as we said, we've cut fraud, waste and abuse out of government," Johnson said.

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

Despite speculation that the start of the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period might provide an off ramp to the shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled that even after Nov. 1, Democrats will continue the fight -- confident that public sentiment will support their decision to withhold their votes to reopen the government in the pursuit of health care reforms.

“If we don't address the Republican health care crisis in advance of open enrollment on November 1, it will become even more apparent to everyday Americans why we need to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, because by that point, tens of millions of people across the country will realize that their health insurance premiums, co-pays and deductibles have skyrocketed beyond what's affordable because of Republican inaction,” Jeffries predicted.

While Democrats have called for a permanent extension of the tax credits to the tune of $400 billion over the next decade, Republicans have rejected calls to negotiate while the government is shut down.

Nevertheless, Jeffries continues to signal a desire to engage in bipartisan negotiations -- with legislation to lower the cost of health care at the forefront of his demands.

“Our position has been that we are open, certainly, to anything bipartisan that emerges from the Senate in good faith, that reopens the government, but at the same time decisively addresses the Republican health care crisis, which includes, but is not limited to, extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits, because that needs to be done with urgency, given the fact that open enrollment starts on November 1,” he said.

The House cancelled legislative business again this week and lawmakers have been back in their districts for more than a month waiting for the gridlock to lift.

“It's extraordinary to me that for four consecutive weeks, House Republicans are on vacation. They've canceled votes week after week after week after week. Where are you?” Jeffries said. “I mean, you're in the legislative witness protection program. It's extraordinary that we're here again, fourth consecutive week, and House Republicans are nowhere to be found.”

Jeffries told reporters that he and Speaker Mike Johnson had a conversation over the weekend, but he refused to detail any of the conversation.

“Speaker Johnson and I had a conversation this weekend,” Jeffries deadpanned, stopping short of saying anything else about it. “Thank you everyone.”

-ABC News’ John Parkinson