"The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted not to order the government to fully fund a program that serves about 1 in 8 Americans, staying out of a legal debate on whether lower courts were right to make such an order - and keeping uncertainty in place about when millions of people will see their benefits. But the U.S. House could send Trump legislation as soon as Wednesday"
"Seesawing court rulings and messages from the USDA, which administers SNAP, have meant that beneficiaries in some states already have received their full monthly allocations while in others they have received nothing. Some states have issued partial payments. States say it's faster to provide full benefits than it is to do the calculations and computer programming required for partial amounts."
"At least 19 states plus the District of Columbia issued full benefits to at least some recipients last week, an Associated Press tally found. Among those are Minnesota and New Jersey. Many of them managed to do it in a day or so, in the narrow window between the Nov. 6 court ruling that required the federal government to make full payments and one Nov. 7 from the U.S. Supreme Court that stopped it."
Millions of Americans who rely on SNAP face interrupted benefits after the program was cut off during the federal government shutdown. The Supreme Court declined to order full federal funding, leaving legal uncertainty about when benefits will be restored. The U.S. House could pass legislation quickly to end the shutdown and restore full November SNAP funding. State responses vary: some states issued full monthly allocations, some issued partial payments, and others issued nothing. State officials say issuing full benefits is faster than calculating partial amounts. At least 19 states plus the District of Columbia issued full benefits to some recipients during a narrow court-derived window.
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