Donald Trump and congressional Republicans engineered a government shutdown — now the longest in our nation’s history — so they could make Americans pay even more for healthcare. But with the federal government shut down, the critical Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — which many refer to as “food stamps” — is also out of money. Years ago, Congress established a reserve fund specifically to keep SNAP going during emergencies — even manufactured emergencies that result when one political party throws a temper tantrum and shuts down the entire federal government