Tag Archives: SNAP

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients began to see benefits that had been stalled during the government shutdown. Details remain scant a week after Rollins during …

The looming end of the government shutdown means federal food assistance is being restored — but for some Americans, it could take days to get their funds. Experts said it was unclear when millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will receive benefits again …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a temporary freeze on a lower-court ruling that would have forced the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) this month, leaving millions of families uncertain about food aid as the government shutdown enters its 43rd day. The unsigned order …

The Trump administration on Saturday night ordered states to “immediately undo” any steps taken to deliver full food stamp benefits to low-income families, escalating confusion and hardship for millions as the government shutdown entered its seventh week. In a memo obtained by The New York Times, the Agriculture Department directed …

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits, hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards held by the 42 million Americans who use the program. In a two-page filing, Justice …

The Trump administration on Friday asked a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order requiring it to fully fund SNAP benefits this month, saying the government shutdown has left it without enough money to comply. The filing came just hours after U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the administration …

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pay roughly $9 billion for a full month of nutrition assistance benefits by the next day. Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who was appointed by Democratic former President Barack Obama, said the administration blew its chance to …

The Trump administration faces a noon Monday deadline to update a federal judge on how it plans to resume payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, after weeks of disruption that have left tens of millions of Americans without food benefits during the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell …

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to immediately distribute Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, one day before payments were set to lapse amid the ongoing government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled from the bench that the USDA must use …

A coalition of 25 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C. sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to block what they described as illegal cuts to federal food assistance, accusing the White House of using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as leverage in the ongoing government shutdown. The lawsuit, filed in …

The Agriculture Department posted a striking message on its official website Saturday blaming Senate Democrats for the upcoming suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, warning that millions of Americans will lose access to food assistance beginning Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. “Senate Democrats have now voted …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the government shutdown drags on. The position is a reversal from the department’s earlier stance, according to a since-deleted copyof …

More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has about $6 billion in a multi-year contingency fund. That’s short of the roughly $9 billion …

In a major procedural victory, Senate Democrats succeeded in removing more than a dozen controversial Republican policy proposals from a sweeping tax and spending cut bill after Senate Parliamentarian rulings deemed them noncompliant with reconciliation rules. The decision derailed GOP efforts to restructure federal programs such as food assistance and …

A major Republican effort to slash federal spending and offset the cost of President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax plan suffered a major blow Friday after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a central piece of the proposal — shifting food stamp costs to states — violates Senate rules. The decision, …