The Bay State’s top Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to release more federal SNAP funding after the White House rolled out a plan to only partially fund the food assistance program.

In a filing in the U.S. District Court on Monday, Trump’s administration “committed” to partially funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with $4.65 billion in contingency funds in November. That’s roughly half of the $8 billion a month needed to keep the SNAP program fully funded.

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