The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1.
"Bottom line, the well has run dry," reads the notice, which also blames Democrats for the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. The Senate has continued to fail to advance bill that would reopen the government until Nov. 21. The House remains out of session next week.
Republican senators will be at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for lunch in the Rose Garden with President Donald Trump. It's unclear what's on the agenda, but it comes as the party continues to pressure Democrats to reopen the government.
On Capitol Hill, the House remains out of session, and there is currently no vote scheduled in the Senate on a short-term funding bill.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
President Donald Trump arrives to honor the Louisiana State University and LSU Shreveport championship baseball teams in the East Room of the White House in Washington, October 20, 2025.
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Oct 21, 2025, 10:45 AM EDT
DC food bank braces for wave of hunger as shutdown pushes families to the brink
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%.
U.S. Capitol police officers chat on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, October 20, 2025.
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"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
Oct 20, 2025, 6:41 PM EDT
Senate fails for 11th time to advance government funding bill
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.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025.
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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
Oct 20, 2025, 6:09 PM EDT
Trump sounds optimistic Democrats will come around on government funding
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.
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson shake hands during an event honoring the LSU baseball NCAA national champions and the LSU-Shreveport baseball NAIA national champions at the White House, Oct. 20, 2025.
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"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.
