What: Extreme Republicans are holding up a government funding bill and insisting a food program for women and children that has been funded for decades not get a budget increase this year, despite increasing food prices.
Why it matters: Millions of pregnant and postpartum women and their children could start losing this vital assistance and go hungry as a result. One eye-popping statistic: “Roughly half of all infants born in the United States receive [these] benefits.”
Source: New York Times
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