\u00a0formal request to limit payments<\/a>.<\/p>\nResidents across the nation started to receive their full SNAP food aid benefits on Friday after an appeals court left in place, for now, a requirement that the Trump administration fund such benefits during the government shutdown. AP<\/p>\n
US District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island had ordered the government on Thursday to use all available funds \u2014 including a separate $23.35 billion child-nutrition account supported by tariffs \u2014 to cover the full $8.5 to $9 billion cost of November SNAP benefits.<\/p>\n
McConnell, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, accused the administration of withholding aid for \u201cpolitical reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Justice Department warned the Supreme Court that McConnell\u2019s order would \u201csow further shutdown chaos\u201d by prompting \u201ca run on the bank by way of judicial fiat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the ruling forced the administration to spend money not appropriated by Congress and could deplete reserves for other nutrition programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis unprecedented injunction makes a mockery of the separation of powers,\u201d Sauer wrote in an emergency filing.<\/p>\n
The administration said it had already allocated $4.65 billion in emergency funds to cover part of the month\u2019s costs, but not the full amount. The 1st Circuit denied an initial request to stay McConnell\u2019s order but has yet to rule on the broader appeal.<\/p>\n
1 in 8 Americans are currently enrolled in SNAP. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n
The USDA complicated matters Friday when it notified states that funds would be available to pay full SNAP benefits \u2014 even as the administration filed papers seeking to block the very order that made that money accessible.<\/p>\n
Officials in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts moved quickly to issue full payments, saying they could not risk another delay.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin, Oregon, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania also confirmed they had released full benefits by Friday evening, while other states \u2014 including Colorado, North Carolina, and Illinois \u2014 said they would follow over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Officials reported that more than a half-dozen states confirmed that SNAP recipients have received their monthly payments this week. AP<\/p>\n
Delaware began using state funds to provide emergency payments.<\/p>\n
Sauer told the Supreme Court that several states moved quickly to \u201cseize what they could of the agency\u2019s finite set of remaining funds\u201d before an appeal could be filed.<\/p>\n
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The political and legal whiplash has left millions of SNAP recipients, roughly 1 in 8 Americans, unsure when \u2014 or whether \u2014 they will receive food aid.<\/p>\n
SNAP benefits, which lapsed at the start of November for the first time in the program\u2019s 60-year history, provide up to $298 per month for one-person households and $546 for two-person households, depending on income.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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