In Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Friday that federal SNAP aid began flowing to enrollees who hadn't received their benefits in the first six days of November, and that by midnight the money should be in their accounts.

Two million Pennsylvanians rely on the program, the Democratic governor said. He said that he saw people lined up outside a Philadelphia food pantry on Election Day “as far as the eye could see.”

“These benefits are a lifeline for people,” Shapiro said. “One in eight of our neighbors are going hungry because the federal government stopped funding SNAP.”

Earlier in the morning, with many SNAP recipients unsure what was happening with their benefits, people flocked to food distributions across Philadelphia to stock up on groceries ahead of the weekend.

Diane Weisberg, 60, of Philadelphia, who stopped at the Mitzvah Food Program at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia on Friday, was worried about how she would be able to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving. At the time, she had not seen her $298 check for November.

Fran Cooper, another woman seeking food aid, has had enough of the government shutdown.

“I never thought at 73, I'd be living like this. It's not good. It puts a lot of stress on you,” she said.