WASHINGTON D.C., DC — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), along with several other Senate Democrats, sent a letter calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to release the billions of dollars at its disposal to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue in November.

The senators wrote in part: “We were deeply disturbed to hear that the USDA has instructed states to stop processing SNAP benefits for November and were surprised by your recent comments that the program will ‘run out of money in two weeks.’ In fact, the USDA has several tools available which would enable SNAP benefits to be paid through or close to the end of November.”

The letter comes after the USDA, which oversees the federal food stamps program, issued a letter to stat

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