WASHINGTON — Multiple bills to keep federal food assistance programs alive during the shutdown – including dueling ones from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate – are hitting the nation’s capital as millions of low-income Americans prepare for a lapse in benefits starting this weekend.

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Multiple bills to keep federal food assistance programs alive during the shutdown – including dueling ones from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate – are hitting the nation’s capital as millions of low-income Americans prepare for a lapse in benefits starting this weekend

In the latest attempt to ensure benefits continue past Nov. 1, Democrats on Wednesday unveiled new legislation that seeks to keep both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as well as the S

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