States and Democrats sue over SNAP funding amid government shutdown
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A group of 23 Democratic attorneys general sued the USDA to force the release of $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, which threatens to leave 42 million Americans without food assistance for the first time in the program's history, amid legal and political disputes over the funds' use.
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