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Mayor Reed: Government shutdown left families without SNAP; missed benefits should be paid in arrears
Summary
On the Mayor’s Take podcast, Montgomery City Mayor Steven L. Reed said the federal government shutdown disrupted SNAP benefits and called the interruption 'negligence,' urging that families be compensated retroactively for missed payments.
Mayor Steven L. Reed said on the Mayor’s Take podcast that the recent federal government shutdown left families without Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and amounted to "negligence on on behalf of the party that's in power." He urged that households who missed benefits be "compensated for in arrears for what they missed."
Reed, interviewed by host Darryl Hall, explicitly blamed national leadership for the disruption. "That's the Republican…
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