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The back and forth over SNAP benefits is leaving millions of Americans who rely on government food assistance and limbo.
In Philadelphia, SNAP recipient Fran Cooper says she wants Washington to get its act together.
This is not good for people.
I never thought at 73 I'd be living like this.
It's not good.
It puts a lot of stress on you.
Payment of food aid benefits remains on hold amid the government shutdown.
Last night, the U.S.
Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request for a temporary stay of a court order to fully fund SNAP
while an appeal of a lower court order plays out.
In Washington,
senators will be working this weekend for the first time
since the government shutdown more than a month ago.