Speaker Mike Johnson is heaping pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer by keeping the House out of session during the government shutdown. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images; )
Federal dollars for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are expected to run dry starting Saturday, meaning some 42 million Americans who depend on food stamps may begin to see their benefits temporarily disappear.
Funding for the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC), which provides support for pregnant mothers and children under age 5, is also in danger of running dry even despite the Trump administration moving funding around to accommodate it earlier this month.
The Head Start program, which funds childcare for low-income families with young children, is also likely to run out of money this weekend.
Republicans' measure, called a continuing resolution (CR), is a mostly flat seven-week extension of current federal funding levels. It also includes $88 million in security funding for lawmakers, the White House and the judicial branch — which has bipartisan support.
But Democrats in the House and Senate were infuriated by being sidelined in federal funding talks.
SCREAMING MATCH ERUPTS BETWEEN HAKEEM JEFFRIES, MIKE LAWLER AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CHAOS CONTINUES
The government is in a shutdown after Congress failed to reach an agreement on federal funding. (Getty Images)
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The vast majority of House Republicans have remained united on the strategy, but cracks have started to show as the shutdown drags on.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, all heaped doubt on the plan with varying degrees of frustration during a House GOP lawmaker-only call on Tuesday, Fox News Digital was told.
Greene and Kiley have been making their criticisms of Johnson’s strategy clear for weeks, but Crenshaw appears to be the newest GOP lawmaker to express doubts.
"I'm no longer convinced that staying out of session has benefits that outweigh the costs," Crenshaw said, Fox News Digital was told.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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