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.
Senators meet for rare bipartisan lunch scheduled before shutdown
Senators are meeting on Thursday for a rare bipartisan lunch as the government shutdown stretches on. The gathering is being hosted by Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
The lunch has been scheduled for several weeks and was set on the calendar before the government shutdown began, but now comes amid a weekslong impasse on funding. Several lawmakers were seen arriving for the lunch, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin
The United States Capitol in Washington,October 21, 2025.
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Oct 22, 2025, 2:32 PM EDT
USDA resumes some farmer aid operations, but larger bailout remains a question
The Department of Agriculture will resume some farmer assistance operations this week amid the ongoing government shutdown, Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday on X, following criticism from farmers and Republicans and calls for more support.
Rollins said the Farm Service Agency will resume "core operations" and resume distribution of $3 billion in assistance currently in the agency's reserves, through the same pipeline used to give farmers more than $20 billion in support in the first Trump administration.
Cattle graze and eat there feed at T-Bar Dairy Farm in Porterville, California, on December 17, 2024.
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A larger package promised by Rollins and the Trump administration to help soybean farmers and others has been delayed by the shutdown. The administration has discussed funding it with tariff revenues, but has yet to release details.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
Oct 22, 2025, 1:52 PM EDT
California warns of delay in SNAP benefits due to shutdown
California is the latest state to warn over 5 million SNAP recipients that they may not receive benefits next month because of the ongoing shutdown, but it will be felt immediately for new enrollees.
"This impact is immediate and first affects persons newly enrolling in CalFresh during the second half of October and then all 5.5 million enrollees after October 23, unless President Trump and Congress reopen the federal government by this date or take action to fund benefits," the governor's office said in a statement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, will also fast-track up to $80 million to food banks and deploy the California National Guard on a humanitarian mission to support them. "Trump's failure isn't abstract -- it's literally taking food out of people's mouths. This is serious, this is urgent --and requires immediate action," Newsom said.
California Governor Gavin Newsom listens before speaking during a press conference announcing $11 insulin and prescription drugs with the CalRX program inside a Cedars-Sinai pharmacy in Los Angeles, October 16, 2025.
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California joins a growing number of states issuing similar notices, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Minnesota, New York and Texas.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
Oct 22, 2025, 1:50 PM EDT
Johnson defends strategy but acknowledges time may come to call lawmakers back to DC
On Day 22 of the shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson again placed the onus on Democrats to reopen the government but acknowledged that the Republican Party's messaging is becoming "old" and a change in strategy may be necessary in the coming weeks.
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to reporters about the on-going government shutdown in the US Capitol in Washington, October 22, 2025.
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With more than 42% of the House-passed continuing resolution now in the rear-view mirror and the shutdown now being the second-longest in U.S. history, Johnson acknowledged the time may eventually come to call lawmakers back to Washington. The House has now been out of session for four weeks.
"Obviously, the calendar is being eaten up by all this political nonsense by the Democrats," Johnson said. "They are eating up the clock. So, we're getting closer to November, it is going to be more and more difficult with each passing hour to get all the appropriations done on time. We acknowledge that, but we have to decide this on a day-by-day basis."
