WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the government shutdown supported by Iowa’s Senate Democrat primary candidates nears one month, funding for SNAP is scheduled to run out this week, jeopardizing assistance for an estimated 270,000 Iowans.
“As the government shutdown supported by Iowa Democrats rages on, nearly 270,000 Iowans are now at risk of not receiving the assistance they need to buy groceries and feed their kids,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell. “While Ashley Hinson fights for Iowa’s families, Nathan Sage, Josh Turek, and Zach Wahls would prioritize healthcare for illegal aliens over hungry children.”
The Nathan Sage, Josh Turek, and Zach Wahls backed Schumer Shutdown threatens vital assistance for families:
- On October 10, 2025, the Department of Agriculture sent a letter to state agencies advising state processors to “hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State EBT vendors until further notice.” The letter stated that there were only enough funds to keep the SNAP program going through October 2025.
- Chuck Schumer said, “Every day gets better for [Democrats],” reaffirming that this shutdown is political leverage in their fight to give illegal aliens free healthcare.
- Democrats have voted 12 times to keep the government closed and Iowans are the ones paying the price.
- In Iowa, there are an estimated 267,000 SNAP enrollees, and an estimated 104,000 who are children.
- Democrats’ partisan proposal to reopen the government demands free healthcare for illegal aliens and gutting the historic $50 billion investment in rural healthcare delivered by President Trump’s Working Family Tax Cuts law.
- Nathan Sage said that he wants Senate Democrats to shut down the government to “help people.”
- Zach Wahls said Senate Democrat leadership should be “using every tool in the toolbox” in fighting Republicans. He declined to say whether or not he would keep the government open.
- Josh Turek told CBS News, “In this particular case I would vote with the Democrats.”
- Ashley Hinson voted in favor of the Continuing Resolution in the House of Representatives.
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