About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren.
That rate fell to a record low in 2021 thanks to COVID-19 federal support, but has jumped as these programs expired.
Hardline Republicans in the House have rejected a deal the Republican-led House negotiated with U.S. President Joe Biden in May for $1.59 trillion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2024, paving the way for wide swaths of the government to shut down for the fourth time in a decade.
The Republicans lost the presidency, the house, and the senate in 2020 following the 2018 shutdowns.
Don’t be so quick to think this helps them in the slightest.
True, but it might be a tossup whether that was voting against Trump’s party or voting against the party that caused the shutdown. I do hope you’re right though, fingers crossed!
Even most of the Republicans think a shutdown will hurt them