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

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry."

ByKevin Shalvey, Megan Forrester, Ivan Pereira, and Alexandra Hutzler
Last Updated: October 26, 2025, 5:58 PM EDT

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.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 06, 2025, 7:25 PM EDT

Trump says he’d be ‘happy’ to negotiate with Democrats if they’ll reopen the government

Trump said after the Senate failed again to pass a short-term GOP funding bill, that he'd be "happy" to negotiate with Democrats on any of their demands if they'd support Republican efforts to reopen the government.

“I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event to sign executive orders, at the White House, in Washington, October 6, 2025.
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"In fact, they should open our Government tonight!" he added.

-ABC News’ Isabella Murray

Oct 06, 2025, 7:18 PM EDT

Schumer refutes Trump’s claim the White House is negotiating with Democrats

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a statement shortly after Trump said there are active negotiations ongoing between the White House and Democrats, refuting the president’s claim.

“Trump’s claim isn’t true — but if he’s finally ready to work with Democrats, we’ll be at the table," Schumer said.

Schumer is responding to Trump's saying that "we have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. And I'm talking about good things with regard to health care.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the third day of a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 3, 2025.
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Schumer in his statement said that if Trump is ready to talk, Democrats are happy to engage.

“For months, Democrats have been calling on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to come to the table and work with us to deliver lower costs and better healthcare for the American people," Schumer said in a statement. "If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done on healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there — ready to make it happen.”

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

Oct 06, 2025, 6:57 PM EDT

Senate fails to pass GOP funding bill to end shutdown

The Senate failed to advance the Republicans’ clean government funding bill that would extend government funding through Nov. 21 by a vote of 52-42. The government shutdown will continue into tomorrow.

The legislation would have needed 60 votes to advance.

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and independent Angus King voted in favor of the bill. Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against it.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune auses as he speaks to members of the press outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol, October 6, 2025 in Washington.
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No other senators flipped their vote. There were five absences: GOP Sens. John Curtis, John Kennedy and Thom Tillis, and Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich and Jacky Rosen.

Aides have told ABC News that the Senate is expected to take the same two votes again tomorrow for a sixth time. There is at this stage no indication that the outcome will be different when the vote is called tomorrow.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

Oct 06, 2025, 6:23 PM EDT

Senate again rejects Democrats’ funding bill

For the fifth time, the Senate rejected the Democrats’ government funding bill that includes health care provisions by a vote of 45-50. It would have needed 60 votes to advance. No Republicans voted for it.

The Senate is now voting on a procedural vote on the clean extension of government funding through Nov. 21. This bill would also need 60 votes to advance. If Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman and independent Angus King again vote yes, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul again votes no, five more Democrats would need to flip their vote in order to keep the bill moving.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

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