Americans go hungry and all Republicans and Democrats will do is point fingers while shutdown nears milestone

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) prepare for a news conference with fellow Senate Democrats to introduce legislation that would ensure SNAP and WIC benefits are issued until the end of the federal government shutdown. - (Getty Images)

If Americans going hungry cannot force Republicans and Democrats back to the negotiating table to end the government shutdown, nothing will.

And it looks like no relief will be coming for hungry families. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) had a sharp exchange of words on the Senate floor about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits not going out on the first of the month.