"There is no doubt that the six billion dollars in contingency funds are appropriated funds that are without a doubt necessary to carry out the program's operation. The shutdown of the government through funding doesn't do away with SNAP. It just does away with the funding of it. There could be no greater necessity than the prohibition across the board of funds for the program's operations."
"There is no doubt, and it is beyond argument, that irreparable harm will begin to occur if it hasn't already occurred in the terror it has caused some people about the availability of funding for food for their family."
Two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled that the USDA's freeze on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the government shutdown was unlawful and directed use of a $6 billion contingency fund to cover at least part of roughly $8 billion due this month. A Rhode Island judge said contingency funds are appropriated and necessary to operate SNAP and warned of irreparable harm and terror over food availability. Payments were due Saturday, and presidential actions appear to challenge the rulings, potentially leaving millions unable to afford groceries. SNAP serves households under 130% of the federal poverty line; over one in eight Americans rely on it and 39% of beneficiaries are children.
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