
Mr. Rice, based in the nation’s capital, covers current events in politics.
With Congress out of session, it is all but certain that the food stamps program will run out of money for the first time in history on Saturday.

The Georgia congresswoman is complaining that lawmakers are not returning to Washington to do their work.

The opposition party is demanding that the secretary of agriculture use money appropriated by Congress, as well as the president’s tariff revenue, to keep children fed.

House Republicans amended chamber rules earlier this year to block lawmakers from challenging the president’s tariff authority.

It appears Democrats are poised to hand their party two or three additional seats in the race for the U.S. House majority next year.

Some senators seem to feel the same as Greene, with one saying that this fight mirrors the ‘secret health care plan’ joke of 2017.


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