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Shauneen Miranda and Ariana Figueroa | Florida Phoenix

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USDA won’t shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan

Shauneen Miranda and Ariana Figueroa | Florida Phoenix

SNAP has about $6 billion in the contingency fund — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program, putting November benefits in jeopardy.