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The government shutdown is about to get real for many more people.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.

The federal shutdown is having intense effects for unpaid federal workers, but for many other

Americans, the budget impasse will soon see a lot less abstract with some key programs

losing funding over the coming week. Here's Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Gensar.

The U.S. Agriculture Department says funding for food stamps or SNAP runs out on November 1st.

In a memo, USDA says about 42 million people will not get their SNAP benefits starting Saturday.

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