Poor Women and Kids Could Bear the Brunt of a Government Shutdown ...Middle East

Millions of the country’s most vulnerable women and children could lose their nutrition benefits as early as next week, according to the Biden administration. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week that the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program—which serves pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding mothers and their children under the age of six—would run out of federal funding if the government shuts down this weekend.“The vast majority of WIC participants would see an immediate reduction and elimination of those benefits, which means the nutrition assistance that’s provided would not be available,” Vilsack warned.Republicans dismiss the warning as overblown rhetoric, putting

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