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The Highest Court Rules Complete Snap Food Benefits Can Be Put on Hold.
America's top court has issued an emergency order that permits for now the federal government to withhold billions of dollars for food benefits relied on by countless needy U.S. residents.
The White House appealed to the country's highest court after a lower court ordered that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, should be paid out completely to beneficiaries by Friday.
The programme has been left in limbo by the continuing budget impasse, with the Trump administration arguing it could only pay for part of it.
The court's decision means $4bn can be held back for now pending further legal hearings.
SNAP's Reach
The Snap programme is used by tens of millions of U.S. citizens - around one in eight - and costs almost £6.9bn a month.
On Thursday, a federal magistrate, John McConnell, accused the government of blocking nutrition funds "for political reasons" and said that without the assistance "millions of kids are in danger of facing hunger".
He ordered the administration to pay out the assistance in full.
Court Proceedings
This decision came after that ordered the government to use reserve money to at least partially fund the assistance for November.
The legal saga was spurred after the US Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food stamp program, announced payments would be halted in November due to the budget shortfall over the shutdown.
Prior to the high court's action, the Agriculture Department said it was attempting to follow with the various court orders and was making efforts to doll out the full funds.
High Court's Move
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson granted the stay late Friday, called an administrative stay, effectively freezing the previous decision for two days while federal attorneys pursue an appeal.
This dispute over food aid funding has become among the most contentious of what is now the longest government shutdown in US history.
Wider Effects
Government workers have been unpaid for over 30 days and flight operations has been thrown into chaos as Democratic and Republican lawmakers cannot reach a compromise to fund the government.
Some states have used their own financial reserves to keep Snap payments flowing, which are valued at around six dollars to recipients via electronic benefit cards which can be used in food markets.
But some states have said they are unable to replace the funding which has been cut by the U.S. treasury.
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