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Tuesday marks the 35th day of the federal government shutdown, tying it for the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Food stamp recipients got a brief sigh of relief on Monday as the Trump Administration announced it will tap into emergency funds to provide partial SNAP benefits.

However, it's not known how long it will be until those benefits are paid out. Both Missouri and Kansas told KSHB 41 News they are waiting for official guidance from the USDA.

But its not just families impacted.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe claims the state is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic output for each week the shutdown continues.

As the budgets for state and federal governments tighten, so do the wallets of thousands of families in the area.

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