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How would SNAP and similar government programs be affected by a government shutdown?

By Brady Knox
Published September 28, 2023 8:43pm ET
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How would SNAP and similar government programs be affected by a government shutdown?
FILE - Doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown Jan. 16, 2019, in Seattle. The federal government is heading toward a shutdown at month's end that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

A government shutdown would temporarily end several welfare programs, officials are warning.

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