{"id":21075,"date":"2025-11-01T16:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21075"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:18:19","slug":"judges-drop-big-rulings-about-snap-funds-as-schumer-shutdown-continues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=21075","title":{"rendered":"Judges Drop Big Rulings About SNAP Funds As \u2018Schumer Shutdown\u2019 Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two federal judges on Friday ordered the Trump administration to unlock emergency reserve funds to cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.<\/p>\n

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The rulings were a direct rebuke to the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s claim that it could not access the money during the ongoing government shutdown, CNN\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island rejected the agency\u2019s argument that the $5.3 billion contingency fund was off limits as the closure entered its second month.<\/p>\n

SNAP, the federal food stamp program, costs between $8 billion and $9 billion each month, meaning the ordered release won\u2019t fully cover November benefits.<\/p>\n

Still, the rulings mark a rare case of the courts attempting to compel executive action during a funding standoff.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no doubt that the \u2026 contingency funds are appropriated funds that are without a doubt necessary to carry out the program\u2019s operation,\u201d U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shutdown of the government through funding doesn\u2019t do away with SNAP, it just does away with the funding of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s ruling came just minutes after U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued a near-identical decision.<\/p>\n

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