US EditionDems bash administration for withholding SNAP funds: ‘Disgusting dereliction of duty’
The Trump administration will not use a $5 billion contingency fund to prevent SNAP benefits pause starting Nov 1, affecting 40 million Americans and increasing food bank demand.
- The Trump administration announced Friday it will not use a contingency fund, halting November SNAP payments with no benefits issued November 01 amid the federal government shutdown.
- The administration linked the pause to the federal government shutdown and said states that temporarily cover benefits next month will not be reimbursed; USDA said, `Bottom line, the well has run dry.`
- SNAP supports 40 million Americans, the debit EBT cards are normally loaded each month by the federal government, and Feeding America found food pantries provide about 1 meal for every 9 SNAP meals.
- Food banks nationwide are bracing for sharply increased demand as some distributors and warehouse managers report startlingly low supplies amid the pause in SNAP benefits next month.
- Charities warn rising demand and program cuts earlier this year will deepen hunger, with Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot stating, `When you take SNAP away, the implications are cataclysmic.
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Dems bash administration for withholding SNAP funds: ‘Disgusting dereliction of duty’
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Twenty-six states filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Trump administration, seeking to restore food assistance benefits for more than 42 million Americans amid an ongoing government shutdown. The coalition of states, led by Massachusetts, California, Arizona and Minnesota, alleges the USDA’s decision to suspend November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program violates federal la…
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