Instead of authorising use of the contingency funds, Trump has instead exhorted fellow Republican senators to break the impasse by ending the Senate filibuster. The mechanism requires 60 votes in the 100-vote chamber for most kinds of legislation – including an end to the shutdown – to pass.
The House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Trump on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday of "weaponising hunger". He said that the funds exist to continue food assistance benefits through November.
Without mentioning by name the president's $300m ballroom construction project, Jeffries added that Trump and his administration can find funding "for other projects, but somehow they can't find money to make sure that Americans don't go hungry"…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/republicans-trump-shutdown
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