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As the government reopens, efforts to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to full funding across the country will face its own challenges.

SNAP benefits have been put through the ringer since expiring at the start of November, with back-to-back court rulings going all the way up to the Supreme Court alternately reinstating and then blocking full issuance of benefits.

Most recently, the Supreme Court allowed SNAP benefits to be paused, extending this until Thursday , with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly dissenting.

Before benefits expired, states’ preemptive actions varied, meaning full SNAP pay

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