21th daily thread covering The 2025 Democrat Shutdown of the United States Government
Day 21 of Updates:
- (CNBC) White House economic advisor Hassett says shutdown could end this week
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/trump-hassett-government-shutdown.html- (ABC) The Democrat Shutdown will soon affect SNAP food benefits
- (ABC) The Democrat Shutdown will soon affect SNAP food benefits
- (ABC) Government shutdown updates: Trump says GOP 'will not be extorted' amid stalemate
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587What did Democrats do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. These subsidies are still expected to expire as planned, and so they are angry and are shutting down the government.