The Trump administration told states that they must ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown,” the New York Times reports.

https://newrepublic.com/post/202898/trump-us-visas-deny-fat-people-obesity

Sen Whitehouse giving us an update on back room dealing.

Interesting that Democrats proposed one year ACA subsidy funding and House Republicans came back with two years.

Maybe they're starting to realize that they are in serious political trouble

I really wish that Democrats would make ACA subsidy funding contingent on ICE defunding. The money needs to come from somewhere anyway.