'People Do Die': How Steep Cuts And Shutdown Politics Endanger Home Heating Aid

'People Do Die': How Steep Cuts And Shutdown Politics Endanger Home Heating Aid: Winter is coming, but the vouchers that supply more than 20 million poor Americans with fuel to heat their homes during the season may not be. With the federal government still shuttered and Republicans in the House refusing to reopen it, the Low-Income Heating Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) currently does not have any funding appropriated for the coming winter.