A day after New Mexico leaders announced the state would temporarily cover the cost of food assistance benefits for more than 20% of the state's population, residents and state officials alike were still taking stock of the unprecedented move.

While Democrats and Republicans have taken turns accusing each other of causing the looming freeze of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, elected officials from both parties have expressed support for the stopgap funding.

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