State AGs sue Trump administration to keep SNAP benefits during government shutdown
“SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted” is displayed on a screen inside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois.
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A group of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, seeking to maintain the funding of so-called SNAP benefits during the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides food stamps to millions of Americans.
“Earlier this month, Defendant U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspended SNAP benefits for November 4,” the lawsuit says. “Because of USDA’s actions, SNAP benefits will be delayed for the first time since the program’s inception.”
“Suspending SNAP benefits in these circumstances is both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act,” the states said in the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
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