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U.S. President Joe Biden and one of his top aides warned on Monday that a federal government shutdown could cause widespread suffering, including a rapid loss of food benefits for nearly 7 million low-income women and children.

Biden told a meeting on Historically Black Colleges and Universities that failure by Congress to fund the federal government would have dire consequences for the Black community, including by reducing nutritional benefits, inspections of hazardous waste sites and enforcement of fair housing laws.

He said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had agreed a few months ago on spending levels for the government.

"We made a deal, we shook hands," he said. "Now a small group of extreme House Republicans .. don't want to live up to that deal, and everyone in America could be faced with paying the price for it."

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

This will just encourage the Freedom Caucus, because finally they would be hurting the correct people.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hunger for millions

GOP: That's my fetish!

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They started with starving kids of their school lunches. Now for bigger ambitions.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Republicans don't care until they, themselves, start missing meals.

[–] AssPennies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Even when starving, they'll still find a way to blame democrats, cognitive dissonance be damned.

[–] eee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately, like filibusters, government shutdowns are a Pandora's box. Once they've been used as a negotiating tactic once, you can never un-use them.

That's not to say this isn't despicable, but unless there's bipartisan support to change the process, we're going to see government shutdowns every time there's disagreement over funding.

[–] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Eat the Republicans first

Remember: without exception, every single society and government on the face of the planet is 9 meals away from total anarchy.