{"id":2502385,"date":"2025-10-23T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-absolutely-supports-legislation-to-extend-snap-benefits\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:23:36","slug":"trump-absolutely-supports-legislation-to-extend-snap-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-absolutely-supports-legislation-to-extend-snap-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;absolutely&#8217; supports\u00a0legislation to extend SNAP benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-absolutely-supports-legislation-to-extend-snap-benefits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2502385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White house has confirmed that former President Donald Trump &#8220;absolutely&#8221; supports legislation proposed by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) to extend funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beyond November 1, amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress members won&#039;t take pay during ... ...\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a>. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that while the administration hopes Hawley&#8217;s bill passes, the preferred solution is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-toomey-democrats-dont-need-a-single-republican-vote-to-pass-their-3-5-trillion-bill\/\" title=\"Senator Toomey: ... \u2018Don\u2019t Need A Single Republican Vote\u2019 To Pass Their .5 Trillion Bill\">clean continuing resolution<\/a> to fund the government and restore work across federal agencies.The Department of Agriculture has warned that SNAP funding is nearing depletion, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >putting food assistance<\/a> for millions at risk, with over 25 states anticipating shortages. The White House blames Democrats for the shutdown and the resulting hardships, emphasizing that failure to reopen government puts SNAP benefits for more than 40 million Americans in jeopardy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;absolutely&rsquo; supports&nbsp;legislation to extend SNAP benefits, White House says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2380101\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> would support legislation from Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) that funds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/snap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a> benefits beyond Nov. 1 as the government shutdown continues, said White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, the administration would absolutely support that legislation. We hope that it would come over the finish line,&rdquo; Leavitt said Thursday when asked about Trump&rsquo;s support of Hawley&rsquo;s bill. &ldquo;But the bill that will get everyone paid and put everyone back to work is the clean continuing resolution. That&rsquo;s what the president and Republicans want too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3861774\/vance-responds-to-disgraceful-psaki-comments-about-wife-usha\/\">Vance responds to &#8216;disgraceful&#8217; Psaki comments about wife Usha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3861870\/watch-live-trump-announcement\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump makes an announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3861751\/trump-calls-off-federal-deployment-san-francisco\/\">Trump calls off federal deployment to San Francisco after call with &#8216;friends&#8217; and mayor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hawley&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keep-SNAP-Funded-Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025<\/a> is being discussed on Capitol Hill this week after the Department of Agriculture warned that SNAP&rsquo;s funding will soon run out. At least 25 states have also warned that constituents could lose access to food aid on Nov. 1. Local food banks say they will be unable to meet demand for food assistance without federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt did not elaborate on whether the Trump administration would use other funding to help pay for SNAP benefits, similar to how it invested $300 million<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1975642840416780535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> from tariff revenue to pay <\/a>for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children&nbsp;program during the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3861521\/trump-pardon-changpeng-zhao-binance-founder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP PARDONS CHANGPENG ZHAO, BINANCE FOUNDER CONVICTED UNDER BIDEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House has repeatedly accused Democrats of causing millions of Americans pain by not reopening the federal government, which Leavitt continued on Thursday during her press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, which provides food benefits to low-income families, is beginning to lapse this week in some states,&rdquo; Leavitt said in opening remarks of the briefing. &ldquo;If Democrats continue to hold Americans hostage, there will not be enough funds to provide SNAP benefits for more than 40 million Americans on Nov. 1 &mdash; that is next week. Democrats are solely responsible for all of this unnecessary pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump &#8216;absolutely&#8217; backs bill to extend SNAP benefits, White House says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2502386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25296634759770.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60635,4762,34206,3723,3634],"class_list":["post-2502385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-food-assistance","tag-legislation","tag-snap-benefits","tag-support","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25296634759770.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502389,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502385\/revisions\/2502389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}