The Supreme Court is expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MARGERY BECK Associated Press It s up to the U S Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid initiative that helps in Americans buy groceries as the financial pressures mount on families in certain states A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore Monday Nov AP Photo Stephanie Scarbrough The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from President Donald Trump s administration to keep blocking states from providing full benefits arguing the money might be needed elsewhere The seesawing rulings so far have created a situation where beneficiaries in particular states including Hawaii and New Jersey have received their full monthly allocations and those in others such as Nebraska and West Virginia have seen nothing The legal wrangling could be made moot if the U S House adopts and Trump signs ordinance to end the federal establishment shutdown speedily SNAP has been the center of an intense fight in court The Trump administration chose to cut off funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Project after October due to the shutdown That decision sparked lawsuits and a string of swift and contradictory judicial rulings that deal with executive power and impact the food access for million Americans The administration went along with a pair of rulings from Oct from judges who mentioned the regime must provide at least partial funding for SNAP It eventually stated that recipients would get up to of their regular benefits But it balked last week when one of the judges mentioned that it must fund the venture fully for November even if itt means digging into funds the governing body reported need to be maintained in situation of emergencies elsewhere The U S Supreme Court agreed to pause that order An appeals court commented Monday that full funding should resume and that requirement is set to kick in Tuesday night unless the top court takes action again It s also a point in Congressional talks about reopening ruling body The U S Senate on Monday passed decree to reopen the federal cabinet with a plan that would include replenishing SNAP funds Related Articles In the present day in History November Typhoid Mary dies Senate approves bill to end authorities shutdown sending it to the House Trump pardons man who took brief detour as he ran up and down Wyoming s Grand Teton in record time Establishment shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard advocates say Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E Jean Carroll s million verdict Speaker Mike Johnson notified members of the House to return to Washington to consider the deal a small group of Senate Democrats made with Republicans Trump has not stated whether he would sign it if it reaches his desk but informed reporters at the White House on Sunday that it looks like we re getting close to the shutdown ending If the deal is finalized it s not clear how hastily SNAP benefits might start flowing Still the Trump administration explained in a filing Monday with the Supreme Court that it shouldn t be up to the courts The answer to this problem is not for federal courts to reallocate support without lawful authority Solicitor General D John Sauer stated in the papers The only way to end this predicament which the Executive is adamant to end is for Congress to reopen the administration The impact is urgent for beneficiaries The cascading legal rulings plus the varying responses of each state to the shutoff means people who rely on SNAP are in vastly different situations Chosen have all their benefits specific have none In states including North Carolina and Texas beneficiaries have received partial amounts In Pennsylvania full benefits went out to specific people on Friday But Jim Malliard of Franklin disclosed he had not received anything by Monday Malliard is a full-time caretaker for his wife who is blind and had a series of strokes earlier this year and his teenage daughter who suffered severe medicinal complications from surgery last year That stress has only been compounded by the pause in the a month he receives in SNAP for himself his wife and daughter He has yet to receive any SNAP payment for November and he s down to in his account and is relying on what s left in the pantry mostly rice and ramen It s kind of been a lot of late nights making sure I had everything down to the penny to make sure I was right Malliard stated To say anxiety has been my issue for the past two weeks is putting it mildly
