""People have gone without for too long,""
""Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.""
""This should never happen in America,""
""The defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP," McConnell said, according to AP. "They knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial SNAP payments and failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer.""
Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the USDA to make full SNAP payments to states immediately, condemning delays and partial funding as unacceptable and saying such outcomes should never occur. The judge found that defendants failed to consider practical consequences of only partially funding SNAP and that long delays would harm individuals reliant on benefits. The administration issued revised guidance reducing payments to 65% or less and earlier guidance contained errors. Projections indicated 2.6 million recipients could receive $0 for November under the administration's calculations. Other federal judges ordered tapping contingency funds after suits by advocates, states, cities and nonprofits.
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