US EditionWhat DC-Area Leaders Are Saying About Judges’ Order to Continue SNAP Payments During Shutdown
Two federal judges ruled to use $5.25 billion in contingency funds to maintain SNAP benefits during the shutdown, aiding millions facing food insecurity, officials said.
- On Friday two federal judges ruled the Trump administration must continue funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program using contingency funds to prevent a Nov. 1 freeze.
- USDA's memo refusing contingency funds prompted more than 20 state attorneys general, including Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, to sue for $5.25 billion.
- U.S. District Judge John McConnell said the six billion dollars in contingency funds are appropriated and necessary, and Judge Indira Talwani ordered USDA to indicate by Monday if it will transfer Section 32 funding.
- Benefits will be reinstated, but $9 billion is needed for November while reserve funds are estimated between $5 and $6 billion, complicating distribution.
- Food banks say demand has surged as 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP face a historic funding shortfall; Dana Nessel warned, `This is based on my concerns and my fears that people will become desperate without food to eat.
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Republicans are starving Americans
To the editor: Let’s call the current food stamp crisis for what it is: President Trump and congressional Republicans are starving working Americans and their children so they can let them later suffer even more from a lack of affordable healthcare. The administration could use emergency reserves to keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits flowing, but they refuse, with the disingenuous claim that it is not legally allowed.…
Government Says It Will Only Pay SNAP Recipients Half Their Benefits For November, Defying Judges' Orders
Source: Boston Globe / Getty Last week, not one, but two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use the government’s contingency funds to continue the funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the ongoing government shutdown, ruling against the White House’s previous claim that those funds couldn’t be used for SNAP. Days later, the administration that hates poor people and loves convincing other poor people…
Arizona AG Mayes says slew of lawsuits against Trump administration have saved state $1.5B
PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Monday her barrage of lawsuits against the Trump administration has saved the Grand Canyon State $1.5 billion. “That’s money for Meals on Wheels, Head Start, Americorps, HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas),” Mayes told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show after announcing Arizona’s 29th multistate legal action against the federal government this year. Mayes, a Democrat, acknowle…
Congress has given up its power
Beginning this month, 42 million American citizens, mostly white children, seniors, veterans, economically disadvantaged or disabled, and mostly living in Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana will not receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments due to the lack of leadership…
Trump Administration to Partially Cover SNAP Benefits Amid Schumer Shutdown After Two Obama Judges FORCE Use of Contingency Funds | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Two activist judges appointed by Barack Obama have forced the Trump administration to dip into emergency contingency funds to partially cover SNAP benefits for millions of Americans caught in the crossfire of the ongoing “Schumer Shutdown.” This blatant interference from the bench underscores the deep-state sabotage that’s been plaguing President Trump’s second term from day one, as radical Democrats led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer h…
Trump admin agrees to partially fund food stamps as Democrat shutdown approaches record
President Donald Trump's administration will partially foot the bill for the food assistance program SNAP as the government shutdown rages on. Key government programs like SNAP officially lapsed over the weekend after Democrats voted over a dozen times throughout October against reopening the government. As the shutdown inches toward a record-breaking length, the Trump administration has agreed to partially fund SNAP benefits. 'There’s a new she…
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