By Kevin Shalvey, Megan Forrester, Ivan Pereira, and Alexandra Hutzler The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won’t be issued on Nov. 1. “Bottom line, the well has run dry,” reads the notice, which also blames Democrats for the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. The Senate has continued to fail to advance bill that would reopen the government until Nov. 21. The House remains out of session next week. USDA says it won’t issue SNAP benefits on
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