Trump adminration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits | World News
President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Air Force One, from a weekend trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP)
The Trump adminration said it plans to partially fund on Monday food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown.
The adminration laid out the US Department of Agriculture’s plan in a filing in federal court in Rhode Island at the direction of a judge who had last week ordered it to use emergency funds to at least partially cover November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assance Program benefits.
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The US Department of Justice said the USDA is complying with US Drict Judge John McConnell’s order and “will fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds today.
“But while the adminration said it would fully deplete the $5.25 billion in contingency funds, it would not use other funding that would allow it to fully fund SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans, which cost $8 billion to $9 billion per month.
