SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy expressed support on Monday for partially funding food assistance after two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to do that amid the government shutdown.

But the freshman Republican congressman called the move to use a contingency fund to pay for SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, a “temporary” fix.

“How long is that going to be able to function? Not for very long,” Kennedy told reporters Monday afternoon at the Utah Capitol. The congressman urged the U.S. Senate to vote to reopen the government, which has been shut down for 34 days, nearing the all-time record of 35 days.

It was not immediately clear how much money Utahns would receive for November’s SNAP payments, or when they would get it. A Department of Workforce Services spokesp

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