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Welfare Gets Cut By... DEMOCRATS?

2025-10-28 News & Politics
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Speaker Johnson Details Democratic Leverage Strategy Causing Government Shutdown Crisis

Understand the political calculus driving the extended government shutdown and the impending financial deadlines threatening SNAP recipients and military pay by week's end.

Short Summary

  • Democrats are deliberately stalling government funding to placate their radical left base, prioritizing political survival over public need.
  • The current impasse is unique as Democrats refuse a clean continuing resolution (CR) currently funding Biden-era policies.
  • Critical aid, including SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans, is scheduled to expire by November 1st without immediate action. This discussion details the specific, costly spending rollbacks Democrats demand—totaling nearly $200 billion for items like illegal alien healthcare—and outlines the severe consequences faced by the military and essential services if negotiations fail this week.

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Top Comments (10)

@MelissaYuro 2025-10-28

Take away the paychecks of everyone in the Senate and the house and all their employees. Their money should always be the first to get cut!!!

461 22 replies
@UNSSC01 2025-10-29

As someone who lives in PA I just want to highlight our senator John Fetterman who is a democrat voting to reopen the government. Glad both my representatives actually represent me

185 15 replies
@kennys1wife 2025-10-28

As a military family we are tapping into every resource we can. There was a beautiful large donation passed down from up north. We were able to feed a 120 families on our base.

166 10 replies
@JerryStevens 2025-10-29

42 million on SNAP?! That's about 12.5% of all Americans!

145 53 replies
@jackplumley3308 2025-10-28

Hold the line Republicans. Do not give an inch

113 6 replies
@ThatGuyCrump 2025-10-28

Active Duty Marine here and most Marines are freaking out about the government shutdown. Most of them live paycheck to paycheck and those of us who happen to have a financial cushion are counting our prayers right now💯💔

106 45 replies
@kibukun 2025-10-28

I think they did it in order to create a problem and make people angry and more likely to riot. Then that also creates something for them to "fix" later.

100 19 replies
@esthersfaith 2025-10-28

Wow.....kinda sounds like the government is too big.

82 1 replies
@CyberTechBits 2025-10-31

If you cut the salaries of these senators if they can't get the budget approved then these shutdowns would no longer happen

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@williamkeck7378 2025-10-28

CALL IT LIKE YOU SEE IT, BROTHER !!!

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