Sen. Tammy Duckworth on SNAP, ICE agents, her Alive Day anniversary
In this May 6, 2020, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Greg Nash/Pool via AP
The longest federal government shutdown seems to be inching closer to its end. That’s following a vote in the U.S. Senate last night that saw eight Democrats break from the rest of their party to join with Republicans in a procedural vote. The deal would not restore the Affordable Care Act tax credits Democrats had been holding out for, but it would fund key government operations through January, including air traffic control and food assistance.
Illinois’ other Senator, Tammy Duckworth, was on the other side of Sunday’s vote. 21st host Brian Mackey spoke to Duckworth late last week — when talk of an end to the shutdown was in the air, but before any deals had been struck and before the latest decisions were made on SNAP benefits. She discussed air traffic control in the middle of the shutdown as well as the Trump administration’s refusal to use emergency funds on federal food assistance — as of Monday morning there are cases still making their way through the courts on that.
Duckworth also talked about the ICE raids happening in Chicagoland and elsewhere in Illinois and changes to the armed forces under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Senator, D-Illinois
