The Trump administration is waiting to hear from the courts on funding food stamp benefits for low-income Americans during the ongoing government shutdown, and payments could restart by Nov. 5 per a court order, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Bessent was asked by CNN’s “State of the Union” on Nov. 2 about the recent federal court ruling in Rhode Island that ordered the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food aid benefit payments available by Nov. 3 or partial payments by Nov. 5.
When asked whether payments could resume by Nov. 5, he said they “could be.”
He noted that “five Democratic senators could cross the aisle and open the government by [Nov. 5],” saying that that would be “the easiest way to do this.”…
Food Stamp Payments Could Restart by Nov. 5 as Ordered by Judge: Bessent
