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Low-income families face a financial cliff as government shutdown threatens 4 federal aid programs
"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the federal shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, aids roughly 42 million people and was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention.
The 5-week-old shutdown is straining food banks and forcing tens of thousands of Americans caught in the middle of the funding standoff to go without a paycheck.
Two federal judges on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund food stamps -- officially known as Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits -- for those in need during the government shutdown.
The US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight. With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain that could soon grow worse.
Two federal judges ruled on whether the federal government must continue replenishing SNAP food aid benefits during the shutdown.
If the paychecks are delivered, it would be the second time the White House has avoided missing a pay period for troops during the shutdown, now in its 30th day.
SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.
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