# Budget Crisis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-crisis/980420>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-crisis/980420 "2023-02-27T02:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-crisis/980420/1 "2023-02-27T02:49:10Z")

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Soon, Food Stamps will lose funding.  
Is there any sign Congress will resolve the issue & pass a budget?

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**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/budget-crisis/980420/2 "2023-02-27T03:02:57Z")

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Food stamps (i.e. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) are funded. However, an additional allotment that was provided during the pandemic is set to expire at the end of February. Congress decided not to extend this additional assistance beyond February in the federal budget they passed in December, which funds the government through September 30. The decision has already been made and there is very little chance of Congress revisiting the issue.