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 Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday.
When asked if payments could resume by Wednesday, he said they “could be.”
He added that “five Democratic senators could cross the aisle and open the government by Wednesday,” saying that would be “the easiest way to do this.”…