Forty-two million Americans will lose SNAP benefits on November 1st as the federal government shutdown continues, NPR reports. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent letters to states on October 10 telling them to halt November distributions due to insufficient funds.

Republicans say funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits -- formerly known as food stamps -- will run out on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, and there's nothing they can do about it.

Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to keep the federal government shut — as Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Post there was an easy fix to ensure millions of Americans

"I am going to introduce a bill to ban all non-citizens from any form of welfare. No Food Stamps," Representative Randy Fine said.

A government shutdown has resulted in the loss of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which shut off beginning Nov. 1. On Oct. 24, the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.

Millions of Americans could wake up on November 1 without access to food stamps, officially known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, as the federal government shutdown drags on with no end in sight.

The federal program provided $14.76 million worth of assistance to 74,459 South Dakotans in September — including 33,198 children.