ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - 1.4 million Georgians will be without their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits come November unless federal lawmakers can reach an agreement to fully fund the government.

SNAP is a federally funded program that provides money every month for low-income households to help pay for food.

“It means the difference between going a day, two days, three days, a week hungry or not,” said Ngaya Swai, a Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) organizer. ”Families rely on these benefits and without them they could really be suffering.”

The PSL was already planning on rallying outside of the Georgia State Capitol Friday afternoon demanding Gov. Brian Kemp keep SNAP funded by releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding to keep

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