{"id":2508475,"date":"2025-11-09T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-hits-day-40-with-flights-and-snap-benefits-disrupted\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:14:21","slug":"shutdown-hits-day-40-with-flights-and-snap-benefits-disrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-hits-day-40-with-flights-and-snap-benefits-disrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown hits day 40 with flights and SNAP benefits disrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshutdown-hits-day-40-with-flights-and-snap-benefits-disrupted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2508475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The government shutdown has entered its 40th day, causing widespread disruptions including thousands of delayed and canceled flights due to staffing shortages at airports. The Senate reconvened for a rare weekend session to attempt negotiations, with Republicans aiming to pass a three-bill &#8220;minibus&#8221; funding package and a continuing resolution. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-putin-thinks-his-dreams-are-coming-true-with-ukraine-aid-impasse-in-congress\/\" title=\"Zelensky: Putin sees his dreams coming true as Ukraine aid stalls in Congress\">talks remain stalled<\/a>, as Democrats insist on addressing healthcare issues, notably the Affordable Care Act subsidies, wich Republicans have so far rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the shutdown has interrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, affecting about 42 million low-income Americans. Legal battles are ongoing over the funding of these benefits, with the Supreme Court temporarily blocking a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >court order demanding full payments<\/a>. Despite efforts, there is little sign of a speedy resolution, with both parties entrenched in their positions, making this the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shutdown enters 40th day with flights snarled nationwide and food assistance disrupted<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2395700\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> hit its 40th day on Sunday as the Senate prepared to reconvene for day two of its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3878102\/gop-weekend-senate-session-democrats-shutdown-split\/\">rare weekend session<\/a> to try to move the needle as lawmakers sounded the alarm on rising disruptions to flights and beneficiary programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate was set to meet Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> scheduled to go to conference before then to determine a way forward. Senators are working to finalize a three-bill &ldquo;minibus&rdquo; that would fund some of the government. Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) has a plan to vote on the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/continuing-resolution\/\">continuing resolution<\/a> as well as the appropriations bill, but it&rsquo;s unclear whether it will be enough to get <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> on board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880085\/cruz-slams-republican-colleagues-not-denouncing-carlson-fuentes-interview\/\">Cruz slams Republican colleagues for not denouncing Carlson after Fuentes interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879817\/government-shutdown-negotiations-stall-democrats-offer\/\">Wheels come off shutdown talks as GOP erupts at Schumer counteroffer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3879598\/republicans-must-nuke-filibuster-now-democrats-will-trump-warns\/\">Republicans must nuke filibuster now or Democrats will do it when they regain power, Trump warns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The chamber went into recess on Saturday with no solution, and there are limited signs that a deal will be reached in the near future, as Democrats refuse to budge on healthcare and Republicans <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879817\/government-shutdown-negotiations-stall-democrats-offer\/\">dismissed a Democratic plan<\/a> that included extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies for one year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than 5,000 flights have been delayed and 1,100 canceled after the Federal Aviation Administration&rsquo;s reductions went into effect on Friday at 40 high-traffic airports. This weekend saw a 4% reduction, with that percentage expected to increase to 6% by Nov. 11, 8% by Nov. 13, and up to 10% by Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Many airports have issued on-and-off ground stops, citing a lack of staffing. Air traffic controllers are deemed essential workers, meaning they still have to come to work during a government shutdown without being paid. They are entitled to back pay.<\/p>\n<p>But, as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said, as a shutdown continues, ATC employees will stop showing up to work, either claiming illness or simply not arriving for a shift.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If people want to question us, I would throw it back at them: Open up the government,&rdquo; Duffy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-flight-cancellations-government-shutdown\/\">said<\/a> on <em>CBS Mornings <\/em>on Friday. &ldquo;You know, we have to take unprecedented action because we&rsquo;re in an unprecedented situation with the shutdown.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another pressure point on the shutdown is the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which began on Nov. 1, with many states suing the Trump administration to force them to use contingency funds to support SNAP during the shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Friday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b\">granted an emergency order<\/a> from the administration to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP after a judge gave the White House until Friday to make the payments. But the administration asked an appeals court to suspend any court orders that would require it to spend more money than what was available in the contingency fund, which the Department of Agriculture has said does not have enough money to cover all the benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Boston appeals court declined to immediately intervene, so Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who handles matters out of Massachusetts, issued an order late Friday night to pause the requirement to fully distribute SNAP benefits until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-professor-who-refused-to-use-students-preferred-pronouns-can-sue-university-after-being-disciplined-federal-appeals-court-rules\/\" title=\"Ohio Professor Who Refused To Use Student\u2019s Preferred Pronouns Can Sue University After Being Disciplined, Federal Appeals Court Rules\">appeals court rules<\/a> on a more lasting pause.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 42 million low-income people receive SNAP benefits; as of Friday, officials in over six states confirmed that some SNAP recipients already received their full November payments on Friday. But Jackson&rsquo;s emergency order could keep other states from initiating the payments.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats entered the weekend appearing to be further apart than they were at the beginning of the week after Thune and Republicans criticized the Democrats&rsquo; proposal as an unserious effort to end the shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history after surpassing the record of 35 days.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&rsquo;s latest proposal was to pair a one-year extension of the enhanced benefits with stopgap funding to end the shutdown and a trio of bipartisan appropriations bills that would fund portions of the government for a full year. He also said there should be a bipartisan commission established to explore a long-term reform to healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans are digging in their heels, stating Democrats need to vote for the 60-vote filibuster and reopen the government, with Senate leadership saying they&rsquo;d be willing to negotiate with Democrats on the Obamacare subsidies. But Democrats have been insistent before and since the shutdown began on Oct. 1 that they will not budge until the &ldquo;healthcare crisis&rdquo; has been solved.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear whether Schumer&rsquo;s proposal would even gain House Democratic support. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has previously criticized a one-year extension as insufficient, though on Friday he released a statement praising Schumer&rsquo;s proposal as &ldquo;very reasonable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879555\/mikie-sherrill-win-new-jersey-house-seat-replacement-could-take-a-while\/\">MIKIE SHERRILL WIN KICKS OFF PROCESS TO REPLACE HER IN HOUSE &mdash; HERE&rsquo;S WHY IT COULD TAKE A WHILE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Republicans, meanwhile, immediately criticized the Democrats&rsquo; proposal and essentially said it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3877788\/speaker-johnson-rules-out-deal-expiring-obamacare-credits\/\">would have no legs<\/a> in the lower chamber, though it would likely attract some bipartisan support from blue state Republicans or centrist members who have expressed interest in some form of a one-year extension with more aggressive reforms in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Thune has held a vote on the House CR, which passed on Sept. 19, 14 times. He reversed course on holding a 15th vote on Friday after Democrats said they would block it once again, coming off their Tuesday election victories that have given them a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3876031\/congressional-democrats-shutdown-negotiations-election-win\/\">renewed sense of leverage<\/a> in shutdown talks.&nbsp;But a 15th vote could come as early as Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutdown hits 40 days; flights delayed, food aid disrupted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2508476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WEX_THUNE-8-e1762550225404.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[66750,66749,39629,5123,34206],"class_list":["post-2508475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-day-40","tag-flights-disrupted","tag-government-shutdown","tag-shutdown","tag-snap-benefits"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WEX_THUNE-8-e1762550225404.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508482,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508475\/revisions\/2508482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}