Trump administration seeks emergency Supreme Court order to pause ruling for full SNAP funding
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause an order forcing the government to fully fund food aid benefits as the government shutdown drags on.
The administration is seeking the intervention from the court by 9:30 p.m. Friday after an appeals court ruled earlier in the day against the government.
'From SNAP to paychecks to flights: every delay, every cut, every paycheck missed is part of their plan. Democrats are playing politics while Americans pay the price.'
"The core power of Congress is that of the purse, while the executive is tasked with allocating limited resources across competing priorities," Solicitor General John Sauer argued in the emergency appeal.
"But here, the court below took the current shutdown as effective license to declare a federal bankruptcy and appoint itself the trustee," he added, "charged with picking winners and losers among those seeking some part of the limited pool of remaining federal funds."
Democracy Forward represents a group of cities, churches, nonprofits, and a union who are challenging the emergency appeal and want the lower order to stand.
"The Trump-Vance administration continues to attempt — over and over — to take food out of the hands of families, seniors, workers, and children. And every time they tried, the courts told them what the law already makes clear: They cannot," Democracy Forward president Skye Perryman said.
"American families should not be used as political props in a shutdown that this White House manufactured," she added. "Even as the administration attempts — again — through an appeal to the Supreme Court to deprive people of nutrition, we will continue to meet them with effective legal action and secure benefits for the American people."
About 42 million Americans receive SNAP benefits.
"From SNAP to paychecks to flights: every delay, every cut, every paycheck missed is part of their plan. Democrats are playing politics while Americans pay the price," reads a statement from the White House.
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Prior to the SNAP ruling, a separate judge also ruled against the Trump administration in a lawsuit from a federal workers' union that accused it of acting against their free speech rights.
The shutdown is entering its sixth week.
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FAA cancels hundreds of flights, sparking holiday travel concerns amid ongoing Democrat shutdown
With Americans preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas travel this year, the government shutdown is beginning to affect travel plans. With operation cuts going into effect over the next week, pressure is mounting for Democrats to come to the table and reopen the government.
According to multiple reports, between 700 and 800 flights at major travel hubs have been canceled as a Federal Aviation Administration emergency order went into effect on Friday.
'This level of cancellation is going to grow over time, and that's something that is going to be problematic.'
Forty major airports are affected by the order, though increased stress has been noted at other airports as well.
Many people in the transportation sector have expressed their frustration with the shutdown, particularly as the holiday travel season looms on the horizon.
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On CNBC's "Squawk Box," American Airlines CEO Robert Isom called the government shutdown's impact on flights "frustrating": "What we've done today is we tried to minimize the impact on all of our customers. There's only 220 flights out of 6,200 flights, and we've done it in a way that really impacts our smaller aircraft."
"This level of cancellation is going to grow over time, and that's something that is going to be problematic," Isom added.
According to the FAA's emergency order, cuts in operations began November 7 to ensure the safe and efficient use of airspace and aircraft. The reductions will gradually increase over the next week with a planned 10% reduction at "high impact airports" from Anchorage to Orlando by November 10.
Air traffic controllers have been working without pay since October 3, according to the order.
As of Wednesday, this government shutdown surpassed the previous record of 35 days, which took place in 2018.
On Friday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy responded to the increased stress on air travel: "I have done all I can to minimize disruption in the airspace. I’m trying to get people where they want to go and to get there safely."
Noting that the situation is not ideal, Duffy called for the government to reopen: "We are taking unprecedented action at @USDOT because we are in an unprecedented shutdown," he added.
Democrats have signaled that they are unwilling to cooperate with Republicans to fund the government on Friday without more health care concessions, likely extending the 38-day shutdown.
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Democrat senator makes stunning admission about Obamacare failures
Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont made a shocking admission on the Senate floor while trying to defend the Democrat shutdown.
Congress is now well into a record-long government shutdown, and it all started when Democrats demanded an extension on Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. Even though this Obamacare extension is at the core of Democrats' professed opposition to reopening the government, even Welch acknowledged the failures of the very system they want to uphold.
'Only three Democrats have crossed the aisle.'
"I owe you an answer on why it is I'm standing here today asking to extend something that was temporary," Welch said. "Here's the reason."
"We did fail to bring down the cost of health care."
The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010 and began to be implemented a few years later.
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In addition to propping up a flawed health care system, Democrats have also insisted on passing their own $1.5 trillion spending bill that would reverse every legislative accomplishment from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act as soon as they reopened the government.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have held over a dozen votes on their clean continuing resolution that would reopen and fund the government at Biden-era spending levels that Democrats overwhelmingly voted for in the past.
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Despite Republicans' attempt to pass a clean nonpartisan funding bill, only three Democrats have crossed the aisle and voted to reopen the government. Because of the 60-vote threshold, Republicans need at least five more Senate Democrats to vote in favor of their bill, which seems less and less likely as the shutdown continues.
Because of this stalemate, Trump has repeatedly called for Senate Majority Leader John Thune to eliminate the filibuster, which would allow Republicans to pass their funding bill with a simple majority. Thune, a longtime institutionalist, has always defended the filibuster and has been firm about keeping it.
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