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With a deal to end the government shutdown making its way through Congress, full payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be restored for 42 million Americans. However, the deal does not eliminate the struggle and stress that people who rely on the benefits felt in the interim.

At a protest in Center City on Wednesday, people demanded that SNAP be funded immediately.

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"We've had government shutdowns before, we've had other crises before, but they've never done this," said Adam Goldman, the director of Philadelphia Unemployment Project. "It's a shame."

Pastor Randy Barge of the First Presbyterian Church of Olney also spoke at the protest.

"It's a shame t

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