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.
On Day 7 of the government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans are "not taking this seriously," during a press conference.
"They're feeling the heat," Schumer told reporters.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer arrives to speak to members of the media following the Democratic Senate Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, October 7, 2025 in Washington.
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He said that Republicans "know they're on the wrong side of this" and that "instead of rolling up their sleeves" and working with Democrats, the party is "refusing to address the health care crisis they created."
"It's past time to get it done," Schumer said.
Oct 07, 2025, 3:03 PM EDT
Thune says furloughed workers will get back pay, differing from Trump's remarks
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that employees furloughed during the shutdown will get back pay.
"My assumption is that furloughed workers will get back pay," Thune said during a press conference. Those comments differ from Trump's earlier in the day, when he said it "depends on who we are talking about," when asked about back pay.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune Republican speaks as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, looks on as Senate Republican leadership speak to the media on the seventh day of the US government shutdown in Washington, October 7, 2025.
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"But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way," Trump said.
Oct 07, 2025, 1:41 PM EDT
Jeffries digs in on health care demands
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected a one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits -- drawing a red line on his health care demands.
A bipartisan group in the House has a proposal to extend the ACA tax credits for one year, but Jeffries wants a permanent extension.
"It's not acceptable. It's a non-starter. It was introduced by the same people who just permanently extended massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors. Think about that," Jeffries said at a news conference in the Capitol on Day 7 of the shutdown.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks at a press conference on the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol, October 7, 2025 in Washington.
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Jeffries said the ACA tax credit extension is a "battle for everyday Americans" and that this is "another example of Republicans throwing out baseless lies to try to defend their indefensible position, which is that they've assaulted the health care of the American people."
Later, though, Jeffries said he'd have an "open mind" regarding an extension of the ACA tax credits "on the merits of what is presented in good faith."
Jeffries dismissed a suggestion to cap or not allow new enrollees to have the subsidies.
"Let's be clear about one thing here again, the notion that a group of people who just jammed these permanent tax breaks down the throats of the American people for their billionaire donors, suggesting that the Affordable Care Act tax credits should not be made available to small business entrepreneurs, to working families, middle-class Americans and everyday Americans, is the irony of all ironies, and if that's their positions, they can take a hike," Jeffries said.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller and John Parkinson
Oct 07, 2025, 1:18 PM EDT
Schumer says Trump must get more involved in shutdown negotiations
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Trump to get more directly involved in negotiations over government funding during remarks on the Senate floor, directly blaming House Speaker Mike Johnson and calling him a "massive roadblock" in negotiations.
"Ending this shutdown will require Donald Trump to step in and push Speaker Johnson to negotiate because without the president's involvement, Speaker Johnson and MAGA Republicans in the House are increasingly dug in," Schumer said on the floor.
The Capitol is illuminated at dawn on the 6th day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025.
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"Yesterday President Trump claimed that he is talking with Democrats on fixing health care. He now clearly knows that he has to show the American people at least some fig leaf of caring, so he said he is talking with Democrats in the health care issue. Only one problem: that's not true," Schumer said, echoing a statement he released on Monday night.
"I'm not sure what the president was talking about yesterday but he certainly hasn't called my office, or Leader Jeffries. Still, Jeffries and I happily welcome a chance to talk with the president and with Republicans to sit down and seriously negotiate with them so we can address the health care crisis facing Americans. The sooner the better. But it takes two sides to negotiate," Schumer said.
