US EditionSupreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives could vote to end the federal government shutdown after the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap funding bill on Monday, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
- The Trump administration's initial refusal to tap contingency funds left SNAP payments delayed and partial, disrupting the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program serving about 42 million people.
- Travel disruptions have delayed congressmembers' return from mid-September recess, as thousands of flight cancellations tied to the shutdown compound operational chaos during stopgap bill negotiations.
- Republicans, with a slim House majority, expect the funding bill to pass, and the package schedules a December vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, provoking House Democratic anger.
- The deal's passage exposed party fractures as a breakaway group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate defied Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, while federal workers remain unpaid.
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What to know about SNAP payments amid court battles, shutdown’s likely end
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit payments for millions of Americans that are on hold could soon resume in full as the government shutdown nears an end. Action from Congress or the Supreme Court over the next two days will dictate whether the lapse will prolong or if the Trump administration must dole out full payments to…
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“Food is A Fundamental Human Right”: U.S. Hunger Expert Decries Trump Withholding Food Assistance
The government shutdown has brought attention to food insecurity in the United States, as it disrupted the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about 42 million people across the country. Delayed and partial payments have occurred despite the availability of contingency funds to keep the program going during the shutdown, because the Trump administration initially chose not to use those funds. “42 million Americans, 1
The government's reopening would reactivate a program that helps 42 million Americans buy food, but it is not known how fast full payments will resume.
The US Supreme Court extended on Tuesday its decision that the Trump administration is not required to immediately pay allocations for a food aid program suspended due to budgetary paralysis, which could be lifted on Wednesday. ...
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