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Pennsylvania, New Jersey begin sending SNAP benefits after judge's order, governors say
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/josh-shapiro-snap-benefits-pennsylvania-nj/By Madeleine Wright, Nate Sylves
November 7, 2025 / 5:19 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are in the process of being sent to recipients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to the states' governors. It comes one day after a judge ordered the Trump administration to provide full federal food benefits,
An emotional Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that relief is on the way for the more than two million Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP, including 472,000 people in Philadelphia.
SNAP recipients who were supposed to get their benefits within the first six days of November in Pennsylvania have either already been paid or will be paid in full by midnight, Shapiro said Friday at Share, a food bank in Philadelphia.
Shortly after Shapiro concluded his press conference, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said his state's Department of Human Services "acted immediately" to process full SNAP benefits for people who have been waiting for them. More than 800,000 New Jersey residents rely on SNAP, Murphy said. CBS News Philadelphia has reached out to Delaware and is awaiting a response.
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who called the court's ruling "absurd" on Thursday.
"After claiming all these things his whole life and literally go to court to stop hungry people from eating, that is not only phony, it is shameful," Shapiro said. "You'll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see hungry people in my state who are hungry because of JD Vance's [expletive] politics, that makes me angry. And that's why I went to court."
"After claiming all these things his whole life and literally go to court to stop hungry people from eating, that is not only phony, it is shameful," Shapiro said. "You'll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see hungry people in my state who are hungry because of JD Vance's [expletive] politics, that makes me angry. And that's why I went to court."
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/josh-shapiro-snap-benefits-pennsylvania-nj/
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