Federal Judges Order USDA to Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
42 million Americans rely on the program to buy food each month
This calculates out to 12.35% of our poulation on food assistance
Two federal judges on Oct. 31 said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is legally required to use emergency funds to pay out food stamps benefits during the government shutdown.The Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program’s (SNAP’s) funding was set to lapse on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, potentially affecting the food security of more than 40 million Americans.
President Donald Trump responded to the rulings in a Truth Social post on Oct. 31. “I do NOT want Americans to go hungry just because the Radical Democrats refuse to do the right thing and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT,” he said. “Therefore, I have instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible.”
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled from the bench that the program must be funded using at least the contingency funds. U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell also asked for an update on progress by Monday.
Likewise, a federal judge in Massachusetts gave the administration until Monday to specify whether it would partially pay for SNAP benefits in November with contingency funds or fully pay for them with additional funding.
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So all those who were getting food allowances now won't have to rob grocery stores or steal as they have threatened.
At a hearing in the lawsuit of Democratic attorneys general and governors against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Office of Management and Budget, and their respective leaders Brooke Rollins and Russell Vought, Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts noted: “Congress has put money in an emergency fund, and it is hard for me to understand how this is not an emergency.” She gave the administration until Monday to decide whether to pay SNAP benefits from that fund.
ReplyDeleteIn a lawsuit brought by several cities, a major labor union, and a group of Rhode Island nonprofits, U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island ordered the USDA to use those emergency funds to provide SNAP benefits. McConnell ordered the administration to provide an update by noon on Monday, November 3.
“There is no doubt that the six billion dollars in contingency funds are appropriated funds that are without a doubt necessary to carry out the program’s operation,” McConnell said. “The shutdown of the government through funding doesn’t do away with SNAP. It just does away with the funding of it. There could be no greater necessity than the prohibition across the board of funds for the program’s operations.”
Yes, people on food stamps are all criminals who go out and commit acts of violence if they don't get their food stamps on time.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever listen to yourself?
Most could get a job and pay for their own food instead of stealing from the government. (MOST)
DeleteAgreed and it's ironic to all these people that live off of food stamps and all this public assistance they always seem to have enough money for beer alcohol cigarettes drugs tattoos and everything else why don't they have money for food to sustain them? It's so ironic we're such a really crazy country even enabling all of this idiocy! They just need to stop all these programs because there's too much fraud and waste in it all these same people that have money to buy their cigarettes or their alcohol but they can't buy their food give me a break! So many excuses for sin and lawlessness! Always trying to justify something which makes no sense whatsoever for lack of accountability on their part!
DeleteHow much free stuff do you receive from the government? How many tattoos do you have Plastering your body? How much drugs do you use everyday? How much alcohol do you use and abuse everyday? Do you have a job? What kind of sins are you committing every single day? Are you fat because you abused food and eat too much?
Delete@8:03...sarcastic one...There are viral posts and videos on platforms like TikTok and Facebook where some individuals state they may have no other choice but to shoplift food to feed themselves and their families if benefits are cut off. There ws one where a woman (always a liberal woman causing BS) stealing food right out of someone's shopping cart.
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