Nearly 42 million Americans receiving food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP will lose those benefits tomorrow if Congress can't agree on how to keep the program going or reopen the government.

Overnight, President Trump called on Republicans in Congress to change the rules in the Senate to again open the government with a simple majority vote instead of the 60 votes currently needed – the so-called "Nuclear Option."

Trump posted on Truth Social : ….BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD "CRAZY," THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE "NUCLEAR OPTION," GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Conservatives have long opposed getting rid of the filibuster because they believe it could open the door to bad legislatio

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