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President Donald Trump could use $5 billion emergency fund for SNAP benefits during shutdown, Democrats argue, while Republicans demand government reopening first.
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For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments for her family while she's on unpaid furlough from her federal government job.
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A pair of federal judges ordered the Trump administration to keep SNAP payments flowing during the government shutdown, averting a lapse in food aid for millions of Americans.
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