The Supreme Court extended a freeze on food aid on which 42 million Americans depend

Under the decision, the Trump administration is not required to immediately disburse allocations from food assistance programs that were suspended due to the budget shutdown.

This is a direct impact of the “shutdown” which lasted for more than 40 days. The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 11 extended its decision that the Trump administration is not required to immediately pay food aid program allocations that were suspended due to budget paralysis.

The court ruled last week that the government must fully fund the SNAP food assistance program for the month of November. But Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative order Friday that postponed the trial and provided additional time to consider the government’s request.

The extension of this ruling on Tuesday allows the Trump administration to bypass reserve funds to pay several billion dollars to states to distribute food stamps. About 42 million Americans depend on this program for groceries and groceries.

US government agencies have been at a standstill since Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to agree on a new budget after Sept. 30, impacting social assistance programs. But the budget paralysis may soon be over. The US Senate voted, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, on a bill aimed at ending the crippling budget shortfalls in America’s federal state. Adopted with 60 votes in favor and 40 votes against, this bill was able to pass thanks to the support of a handful of Democratic Party senators.

The text, which plans to extend the current budget through the end of January, must now be approved by the House of Representatives, with a Republican majority, which will vote on Wednesday. This bill will then go to Donald Trump’s desk for enactment and will officially end the paralysis.