The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order allowing the Trump administration to temporarily block full payments of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP during the record shutdown.

Why it matters: The decision that continues the freeze of a lower court order for the administration to pay some 42 million Americans who rely on the program until 11:59 p.m. Thursday comes as House members prepare to vote as early as Wednesday on a Senate-passed bill to reopen the government.

The big picture: The Trump administration's October move to withhold SNAP funding triggered several lawsuits. • The legal battle has left SNAP recipients in limbo, with the Trump administration ordering states after last week's Supreme Court ruling to "immediately undo" any steps taken to issu

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