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Treasury Secretary Bessent says SNAP food benefits could restart by Wednesday
SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning.
Two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits, which help feed 42 million Americans, during the government shutdown.
Judge Jack McConnell of Rhode Island also directed that these be paid out of emergency funds "as soon as possible." Boston Judge Indira Talwani gave the administration until Monday to tell her if it will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November.
The administration was originally set to cut off the aid on Nov. 1.
Treasury secretary says food benefits could flow by Wednesday; government shutdown recap
WASHINGTON – It's not clear when millions of families will receive their November food aid benefits, even after two federal judges ruled last week that the Trump administration needs to make at least partial payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as the government shutdown continues.
The payments appeared set to stop at the beginning of November, as the shutdown has stretched into a new week. But federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Oct. 31 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture needs to use $5.25 billion in contingency funds to make at least partial payments.
Both judges said the Trump administration has the option to use certain discretionary money to provide the benefits in full for November. They gave the administration a limited number of days to provide an update on what it's doing.
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