HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The fight over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spilled over from Washington into Connecticut on Wednesday, with the State Senate's Democratic leadership calling on their Republican counterparts to urge the Trump administration to release billions stowed away in a federal contingency fund.

Come Halloween, funding for the SNAP food stamp program will run out as a result of the prolonged federal government shutdown. 42 million SNAP recipients across the country, including 360,000 in Connecticut, will not see renewed benefits on Nov. 1 if a funding deal is not reached.

The $5 billion SNAP contingency fund was the focus of a Wednesday press conference held by state Sen. Martin Looney, the State Senate president, and state Sen. Bob Duff

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